Hi Nico,
What I'm saying is that, for the single-phase charging system ('98), that connector is typically a failure point. I cut mine off and soldered the wires to the regulator. You could check and clean it regularly, but I cannot see that it has value, but it can cause problems.
Jack
On 10/19/2010 2:59 AM, Beinstein wrote:
Hi Jack,'Also, cut off and throw away the connector from stator to regulator.'I don't get it :-) Are you saying this cable can be safely removed and that will spare us from RR troubles ??cheersnico
From: Jack Davidson <tdma@cs.com>
To: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 5:31:29 AM
Subject: Re: [DucatiST] Regulator/rectafier
The issue with running two is first, as Alistair has said, a short would still blow your stator. The other problem is that the two would need to be perfectly matched, or one would be slightly lower in output and draw current from the other. No good results to be had with that.
I'm assuming you have a '98 ST2, with the attendant charging issues. First easy solution is carry a spare and put a voltmeter on the bike, so you'll know if there is a problem while riding. The other easy solution is to move the thing to the nose fairing, right out front and under the headlights. There's some plastic that you can cut away and the result is that the regulator is always getting any available airflow and can still cool by convection, when you are stopped. It is also invisible there, unless you're crawling toward the bike and looking up. While moving it, use #8-10 stranded wire for the battery and ground leads (run these straight to the battery) and #12-14 from stator to regulator. Also, cut off and throw away the connector from stator to regulator. If the charging voltage drops, you can stop and avoid overheating and shorting out the stator. After two bad regulators and one fried stator, I did the above to my '98 and for over two years and many miles, no more trouble.
Jack in NY
On 10/18/2010 11:14 PM, Sandy Thompson wrote:Hi Al,
I'm not an electrical engineer, so I can't say exactly what would happen if you tried that, but here's one problem: If one R/R developed a short in it, having another one in parallel would not save your butt. Why not simply have a spare with you that you could install if needed?
Or you could do what I did - get a used Suzuki R/R from Ebay and stop worrying about it :-)
Sandy Thompson
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Alistair A <a-araniello@ntlworld.com> wrote:
Hi People, last weekend was spent going over my bike with a multimeter try to find out why my dam bike was being more temprimental than usual. On performance; oil light on and LCD not working properly.
Eventually finding that there was a spike of solder which had worked though the insulation tape and touching the frame from the soldering joint which had been made three years ago by the garage who installed the DD headlight.
I was a mildly aggitated by this, but relieved that I had deceided to deal with this myself rather than being lazy and paying a garage to find the fault.
With all the ferring off and resoldering the cables and applying heat shrink sleaving my eyes caught the regulator and my memory went back to the time I broke down in the middle of France on my '06 bike tours,mid August whilst the whole of France was on Holiday and swearing that It would never happen again.......then a thought struck my mind, why not stick 2 rectafiers in parrallel? Would it work? If it did work what would be the benefits? would it be less likely for 2 not to break down at all? Is it a stupid idea? more importantly, has anyone ever tried it?
All replies would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards Al(98St2UK)
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