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Unusual Voltage from Stator

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So I have been making progress on my 82 GS1100 GL. Part of it going under the knife was to replace the left side cover that houses the stator. Upon inspection it did not look healthy and being over 30 years old I felt it was good to rpelace while I had it apart. In the process I re-did some wiring that had melted and others that had become brittle. New stator is in and all appears good with 13.8V DC charging at the battery however when double checking the voltage on the stator I have found that one of the phases (its a 3 phase 18 pole) when the revs get above 3,000 RPM the AC voltage drops from 20+V down to less than 3V? The other 2 phases show what I call a normal increase in AC voltage as the RPM's increase, ranging from 20V AC to 35+V AC. Has anyone else encountered this or is this correct as the system is designed this way? Other test performed all resulted within spec with no shorts to ground and low resistance (< 0.6 Ohms) across any of the three poles.
 

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You have something going on, normal charging AC at 4-5000 rpm should be in the 65-75 AC volt range. You might have gotten a bad stator and or you crossed some wires somewhere. Not related to the stator output when you are testing it, did you upgrade your RR in the process. Charging at the battery if all else is good, should be in the 14.2 or a little above range.
 
I didn't change the RR, but did test it and all tested good. My concern is the stator maybe faulty in the end. Thanks for the help.
 
Did you do the leg to ground tests at 5000 RPM? Revised Phase B of stator pages.
 
Check the AC leg to ground, if you see much , you might have pinched stator wires where they exit the winding and travel along cover. The ohm test doesn't mean as much since it's low voltage DC.
 
Unknown Stunt Man said:
....................I have found that one of the phases (its a 3 phase 18 pole) when the revs get above 3,000 RPM the AC voltage drops from 20+V down to less than 3V? The other 2 phases show what I call a normal increase in AC voltage as the RPM's increase, ranging from 20V AC to 35+V AC. .............
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meter on AC range....?

stator leads disconnected from R/R......?

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I watched the battery test; you have dirty connections. Voltage dropping at riding rpm is a sure sign. Do the revised phase a tests in the stator pages.
 
and voltage drop along a wire is usually at connections, and voltage drop at connections is HEAT (amps times resistance is voltage drop, and amps times resitance squared is watts, and watts is HEAT, and heat means it is gonna get worse).

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Redman said:
and voltage drop along a wire is usually at connections, and voltage drop at connections is HEAT (amps times resistance is voltage drop, and amps times resitance squared is watts, and watts is HEAT, and heat means it is gonna get worse).

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Yes sir, any voltage drops at connections are largely due to crimped (unsoldered) connections that have some level of corrosion, or just corroded mating contacts . The hotter they get the more then tend to corrode which makes them get hotter which makes them corrode more. And there in a nutshell is the slippery of having small voltages that grow into larger voltage drops till the bike will not charge at all. The video shows close to full 1 volt drop :( after presumably a detailed refurb??
 
posplayr said:
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............ The hotter they get the more then tend to corrode which makes them get hotter which makes them corrode more. .....
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Yes, Sir !

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and.... the more they get hot, and the hotter they get, and the more times they get hot, the more the wires (the copper conductors) get brittle, and the less effective crimp connectors become (even if you replace them, the copper is brittle and crimping on the connectors is not as good).

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