How much was the rewired regulator and stator? Also, how difficult do you think it would be to replace these parts for a complete newbie? Is there soldering involved or are these bits basically "plug and play"?
emile On Sep 30, 3:13 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Welcome to the club of the 650 nightblinds... > Check the previous posts on this list with the keywords alternator or > stator... > > I already gave my conclusion on this list : riding a 650 NH at low speeds > with the headlamp lit on a hot day will automatically kill the stator. > Killing the stator will nearly automatically kill the old design Honda > original (Shindengen as a matter of fact) rectifier-regulator. Sometimes, > one or both of them get half killed... which is the worse situation for the > owner : it was my case. > > I changed my regulator to an Electrex (UK) one. It's now protected against > stator failures (fast FET on the output, current limited). After having > tried different stators bought at low prices (almost all rewired and all > faulty) I asked Electrex about it. They say : "send your stator, we rewire > it, NOT TO THE ORIGINAL SPECIFICATION, WHICH HAS A COMMON FAULT, but to OUR > specification". I did it and I'm now waiting for the new rewired and > corrected stator. Once received and put in place, I will do two things : > > - Place a temperature sensor on or inside the alternator housing. This > sensor will be used to cut the alternator's excitation or limit the > current, in order to limit the temperature increase of the stator. > > - Replace the air intake cover over the alternator by a small 12 V air > turbine (kind of model used to cool electronic components like CPUs). This > turbine will be switched on by the headlamp of the bike. > > I hope this will definitely solve the problem. I will let you informed, > gals and guys. > > Yeah... not so simple ! > > At 19:31 29/09/2008 -0700, you wrote: > > >I think I could use a stator. Saturday I rode for 2.5-3 hours and then > >went to ride to work this morning and the battery was basically > >dead. Pushed the start switch and it gave one fast revolution then second > >barely grunted. Plugged in the charger and drove the car to work. She > >started right off when I got home from work. Any other thoughts. > > >Wayne > >83 CB650SC --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
