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Hi. Can any one tell me where the rectifier ground wire gets grounded too ..the old one is grounded near the battery box with a few other grounds. Thanks
 
You are going to have to tell us what bike you have, crystal ball is broke. Regardless though, the factory Suzuki grounds are notoriously crappy so not sure what good the info will do you. Also, you would do well to rewire the stator loop circuit if you want your charging system to live.
 
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Its a 1982 gs 850... I'm going to change the 3 quick release sprial lugs coming out of the harness where the 3 stator wires go ..they look pretty bad ..
 
Peter opaski said:
Its a 1982 gs 850... I'm going to change the 3 quick release sprial lugs coming out of the harness where the 3 stator wires go ..they look pretty bad ..
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Waste of time.

Wire the stator directly into the R/R, bypassing the main harness. Make sure the R/R has a solid ground, there are various options, most of which deviate from the factory ground point. Also, make sure your R/R power output from the R/R on the way back to the battery doesn't have excessive resistance. Check basscliff's website for info on the Stator Papers, and make sure you find Jim Posplyer's update. http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/
 
To answer your first question: the stock R/R usually has a relatively short wire that is attached somewhere near the R/R itself. It might be to the bolt that actually holds the R/R to its mount or it might be to the bolt that holds the fuse panel to the side of the battery box. Either way, there is another wire that needs to ground that plate, because it is mounted to the battery box, which is rubber-isolated for vibration. Find the wire from the R/R. You can either lengthen it to attach directly to the battery negative terminal or at least run another wire from the R/R ground point directly to the battery.

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Hi ed thanks 4 helping me. So u are telling me to directly wire the 3 stator wires directly straight into the RR unit. .it has a plug with I think 4 wires going into it ..where do the 3 wires from the stator go to which wires from the RR unit plug. ..and also can I ground the RR unit to the ground where the neg battery wire is grounded its grounded to the engine peter
 
Hi Steve I'm getting confused here..I got some answers saying which I really appreciate..is to directly wire the stator to the rectifier ..I was going to just change the 3 quick connectors coming from the harness that go to the 3 stator wires and ground the RR unit to where the neg battery wire gos. That's to the engine peter
 
Peter opaski said:
Hi Steve I'm getting confused here.
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Part of the confusion is that you have started two threads on basically the same topic. :p

I answered this question in your other thread. For your convenince, here is a cut-and-paste:

Steve said:
Yes, you could do that, but please DON'T.

One of the three wires in the harness takes a side trip to a plug that is either under the tank or in the headlight bucket, depending on your bike model, and makes several unnecessary connections along the way. It is FAR BETTER to connect them directly to the wires that lead to the R/R.

As a half-way measure, you will find that one of your stator wires connects to a white wire with a green stripe. Disconnect that connection. You will find another wire that is white with a RED stripe that probably leads to the plug into which the R/R plugs. Find the bullet connector in that wire, disconnect it. Now, connect the stator wire that went to the white/green wire and connenct it to the white/red wire that is going to the R/R. Doing this will maintain your connector on the R/R, but your real goal should be to minimize the number of connections between the stator and R/R.
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Hi Steve thanks 4 taking the time to explain this to me I understand some what. .only thing is the 3 stator wires are the same color.....I got from ricks Stators its brand new and so is the rectifier
 
Peter opaski said:
... .only thing is the 3 stator wires are the same color.....I got from ricks Stators its brand new and so is the rectifier
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No problem, they are all the same, electrically.

As long as you connect them all DIRECTLY to the R/R, you will be fine.

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