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Stator wires.... all white??

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So Im 99% done with a whole new wiring harness for my 82 gs650, and have reached an issue, all three wires coming from the engine are white? what can I do with my multimeter to determine where to put them on my regulator/rectifier?
 
All white, all yellow, all purple with silver stars...that should not matter. All three wires from the stator are equivalent. I'm curious as to what is going on there, because the stock stator would not have had three white wires.
 
It really doesn't matter. Just connect each one of the stator wires to the three regulator-rectifier (R-R) wires that are white with blue stripe, white with red stripe and solid yellow. They're all the same. Suzuki was (is?) the only manufacturer that color coded the stator and R-R wires. Why? They must of had some reason but who knows what it was. On Honda's, Kawasaki's and Yamaha's the three wires are all the same color.

One note from experience, there is a lot of power flowing thru those three wires. Each phase of the stator is putting out 60vac and I can't remember how many amps. My original 5-blade connector overheated and fused together so I couldn't get it apart. Obviously there was a bit too much resistance there that caused it to overheat. I replaced the 5-blade connector with crimp connectors and one of those overheated as well. Finally I followed some advise I found on this site and soldered the connections and have not had a problem since. If I have to replace the stator or R-R it will be more work cutting and resoldering, but it makes for a solid connection that doesn't overheat.
 
Homie said:
It really doesn't matter. Just connect each one of the stator wires to the three regulator-rectifier (R-R) wires that are white with blue stripe, white with red stripe and solid yellow. They're all the same. Suzuki was (is?) the only manufacturer that color coded the stator and R-R wires. Why? They must of had some reason but who knows what it was. On Honda's, Kawasaki's and Yamaha's the three wires are all the same color.

One note from experience, there is a lot of power flowing thru those three wires. Each phase of the stator is putting out 60vac and I can't remember how many amps. My original 5-blade connector overheated and fused together so I couldn't get it apart. Obviously there was a bit too much resistance there that caused it to overheat. I replaced the 5-blade connector with crimp connectors and one of those overheated as well. Finally I followed some advise I found on this site and soldered the connections and have not had a problem since. If I have to replace the stator or R-R it will be more work cutting and resoldering, but it makes for a solid connection that doesn't overheat.
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about 5 amps RMS through each leg for a total of about 15 amps out of the R/R
 
Thanks guys, yeah I realized the high voltage when I crudely tried to zap myself to know if I had any current. I will hook it up tomarow.
 
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