charging

[justintime]

Hi all i still have the red charge light on the dash very dim i have changed the gizmo on the back of the altinator  the light gets brighter when i put the lights on.
runs like a bag of bolts yet smoothes out when i put the light on i changed air flow meter, breather pipe, plug leds still pops and farts any surgestions
other than burn the dam thing     

[johnny]

greetings justintime...

my charge light is on when the ignition is on... im not gonna worry abouts it until the 1st time its not on when the ig is on...

caint really see it in the day... butts can clearly see it in the dark...

been that way for 3 years now...

j o

[justintime]

Thanks for that just want to fix it so i can ride it 

[enb54]

OK, so you have changed the voltage regulator/brush assembly and the charge light is still "dimly" on? As Johnny says, if it's not broken don't fix it, but if you are experiencing electrical failure (bike dies because of dead battery) then...

You need to get a voltmeter and check the voltage across the battery while the engine is running at about 2000 rpm, it should be about 14.2 to 14.8 volts (average). If not, then start by checking/cleaning your electrical connections starting at the battery, then starter motor ground and positive/negative power connections. Electrical connections must be clean and tight on helicopters, boats, and all other vehicles which use batteries and generators/alternators. Battery charging issues on older machines are commonly a result of corroded connections, a bad battery, or defective generator/alternator, likely (but not always) in that order, but that's just my own experience... There are of course other issues depending on your individual situation, hope this helps to point you toward a solution...

Eric...

[justintime]

Thankyou pal thats the next step, 

[The Mighty Gryphon]

+1 on cleaning the connections.  I work on pleasure boats and would guess that 2/3 of all the electrical problems I work on are caused by dirty, corroded ground connections. 

Check the connection under the tank on the frame backbone and the other one on the engine above the shifter.  Then get the battery terminals.  Might be a good idea to clean up the connector at the back of the instrument cluster.

Do you have LED's in the instrument cluster?  I had the same glowing on my bike's alternator light as well as having to rev to 3000rpm to get it to go out when I started the engine.  Put the original bulb back in and everything is cool now.

[justintime]

never been into the clocks will check cheers