OK guys. Hopefully NEWHD74FAN, Hoople or some of you other sparkies can help with this. When I tried to start my bike yesterday, I got nothing. Lights on the dash and radio worked, but no attempt by the starter to turn over. I have not been riding the bike for a couple of months, and the battery has been on the tender the whole time.
Today I pulled the seat off and measured the Vdc across the terminals. When I removed the tender, I watched the voltage drop continuously. Figured it was the battery, so I went a bought a new one at HD (holy cow, $165!!). On the way home I realized I should have tested the VR BEFORE buying the battery. So when I got home, I did check the VR. I did that by disconnecting the stator lead, removing the VR from the frame and check for any voltage from each pin to ground. Both pins show full battery voltage to ground.
So I took the battery back and exchanged it for a new VR. Installed that and then checked for any voltage drop from each pin to ground. SAME THING!! Battery voltage to ground from both pins.
What does that mean? Is this new VR bad, or is the testing described below in item #2 not applicable for these VRs?
Testing The Charging System - Harley Davidson Community
Any insight here would be especially helpful since we have been recommending that folks follow these procedures to test their electrical charging systems. If it is not correct for a certain group of VRs, we need to correct this.
Thanks,
TQ
Today I pulled the seat off and measured the Vdc across the terminals. When I removed the tender, I watched the voltage drop continuously. Figured it was the battery, so I went a bought a new one at HD (holy cow, $165!!). On the way home I realized I should have tested the VR BEFORE buying the battery. So when I got home, I did check the VR. I did that by disconnecting the stator lead, removing the VR from the frame and check for any voltage from each pin to ground. Both pins show full battery voltage to ground.
So I took the battery back and exchanged it for a new VR. Installed that and then checked for any voltage drop from each pin to ground. SAME THING!! Battery voltage to ground from both pins.
What does that mean? Is this new VR bad, or is the testing described below in item #2 not applicable for these VRs?
Testing The Charging System - Harley Davidson Community
Any insight here would be especially helpful since we have been recommending that folks follow these procedures to test their electrical charging systems. If it is not correct for a certain group of VRs, we need to correct this.
Thanks,
TQ