charging

[chimos2000]

I'm getting nothing out of the generator. How should I go about
testing it.I'm pretty sure the voltage regulator is fine.Also how do
you test the rectifier, and what exactly does it do?
Thanks
Dean

[riceburner006]

--- In 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com, "wmdbratcher"
wrote:

> I'm getting nothing out of the generator. How should I go about
> testing it.I'm pretty sure the voltage regulator is fine.Also how do
> you test the rectifier, and what exactly does it do?
> Thanks
> Dean

How did you test it so far?

[dealadayray]

Hi Dean;
Some times it's a ground issue. look at the black wire going into the
voltage regulator, and pull the plug apart and look for corrosion. Then
look at the ground wire coming from the voltage regulator to the bolt.
Unscrew the bolt and clean the attaching surface. A Volt meter on the Ohm
scale can check out the rectifier to see if it is acting like a diode should
(only letting current travel one way. Check all the connections from the
stator to the regulator. Pull them apart and clean them, then check for
continuity. The Large Shop manual gives some very good tests.
Look around, you will be surprised at what you will find just pulling things
apart.
Bill