rectifier-again!

[woodytwoshoes]

Ok, been down to the shop, i have the three wires from the stator, yellow, white with blue stripe, white with green stripe, the white with green stripe was plugged into the wiring harness, according to my manual looks like it runs to the lighting switch and comes back as a white with red stripe.
Now, do i just unplug it and hook the stator end to the RR and leave the other end of the white/greeen hanging? what about the white/red stripe?
Please help
Thanks
Woody

[Nessism]

Wire the stator direct into the R/R and tape up the white/red and white/green on the main harness since they won't be used.

[BassCliff]

Hi,

See the r/r replacement guide on my website. See the electrical section of my website. Look a few posts down in the electrical forum for a thread entitled "gs400 rectifier". I just posted a wiring diagram in that thread. Taking your motorcycle to a shop usually turns out badly.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[woodytwoshoes]

rectifier

Great! That will work, thanks. Im gonna go try it now , ill keep ya posted.
Thanks again,
Woody

[Nessism]

Make sure your R/R is well grounded Woody. Very important.

[keman]

I just went through this myself.. the white/red and white/green from the harness are a loop. I even tested with my multimeter. Kiinda like the extra vertibrea that used to be a tail. The bikes evloved from Japan where you can turn off the lights. This loop ran to the headlight switch and disabled one of the three stator sections so the battery would not overcharge with the lights off. Since the Amreican version has no headlight switch, the loop is no longer needed but they still ran the wire...

The part that really baked my noodle was wondering why they color coded the wires when they can be connected any color to any color. Just remember, red goes to red, Black goes to the Neg battery terminal, and the rest, color does not matter.


(If your black just goes to the mounting screw, add a wire to the neg battery terminal. Mine did not have the full wire, just the short one to the mount. I ran an extra from the mount screw to the neg.) Extra ground can not hurt, not enough ground can kill your bike.

[Matchless]

The part that really baked my noodle was wondering why they color coded the wires when they can be connected any color to any color.

At that time the regulators did not regulate all 3 phases and they did not want the one and only regulated phase being switched off where a light switch was used

[Hoosier Daddy]

Posting just to be able to find at a later time... like tonight! LOL