Started with a Rack
About two weeks ago I bught a lugage rack on ebay. Beacause I wanted to have the rack to pack camping gear on for last weeks Shovlehead west fest. While I was installing the rack (went great)
While was doing this I noticed a bit if white crust on the battery strap tie down. So I pull open the battery lid and discovered that it was coated with battery spew. Long story short the votage regulator was putting out 16v when over idel speed. So a quick call to Accel and they said yep its bad send it back for warranty replacement. Hoping to get it back, again, in time for the trip I sent it two day air. turns out that it was going to take 2-3 WEEKS for the replacement So I broke down and bought a cheep chines solid state regulator. I then had to get it working witch ment fabing a bracket and wiring system.
Funny thing is that after installing it it didn’t work. No voltage at the battery and the Gen light never went off. At my wits end I took it all apart and put every thing back together and miraculously it worked putting out 14.2v at all rpms.