Stupid idiot light!!! Battery light on??

[mistertoadie]

Ok, I'm sure this is caused by something stupid I did, but...I replaced the stator and r/r on my ez, stator wires are soldered to the three yellows from the r/r. the ground wire from the r/r is direct to batt. ground, the hot lead from r/r is direct to batt.pos. Bike charges at 12.8 at idle and anything over 2000 it charges at a steady 14.3. The battery idiot light is constantly lit. Any ideas??

[Griffin]

That light has nothing to do with the system voltage. It is for the battery electolyte level sensor. The original battery had a well in the top that the sensor fit down into. If the level was high enough, the sensor was wet and would close the circuit.

You can deactivate it by removing the sensor and connecting the wires into a hot wire somewhere, or do what I did and just remove the bulb.

[Steve]

Your "batery idiot light" has NOTHING to do with charging.

It is meant to tell you that ONE CELL in the battery is dry. The original battery had a sensor port in it to fit the sensor on the bike. When the electrolyte level got low enough to dry out the sensor, the light would come on. If your current battery does not have that port, simply connect the sensor wire (usually a green one, near the front of the seat) to a switched wire, your "idiot light" will be extinguished.

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[mistertoadie]

Holy cow, something simple. What a relief. Thanks Griffin.

[mistertoadie]

Thanks to you too steve. I'm such a dope sometimes. Most times.

[Steve]

There seems to be an echo in the forum.

Try to give a guy a good answer and someone types a shorter answer and gets it in there first.

Good job, Griffin.

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[Steve]

I'm such a dope sometimes.

Don't be so hard on yourself. We had to learn it at one point, too.

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