diode test help

[Anonymous]

hey peaple when i am doing the diode test my meter gives me a reading of 512 530 535 any one know what this means The chart sater pages shows it should be 1.5 v or 1v what is happing is that when i first start the bike up (i should tell ya that the bike is a 83 gs750es) it charges 13.4-14.2 in all rpm ranges i let it warm up go for a ride about an hour and check it it charges 14.5-16.5 concerned about the ignition box frying?????????

[Anonymous]

Looks like your regulator went south. You'll fry your battery at those voltages.

[Anonymous]

charging

this is the 4th rr i have changed the stater rr(4) battery ing switch went through all wires cut off meny plugs sodered wires wont stop over charging like that damn

[Sandy]

From what I gather from the meter readings you show is that you have the meter set to the ohms scale. If that is true then the readings you get are probably alright. When checking diodes with the meter on the ohms scale, you should get a reading with the meters connected in one direction and if you reverse the meter leads you should get no reading. The fact all your readings are close to each other I would assume that if you reversed the leads you would get no reading as mentioned above and that means the rectifier part of your regulator/rectifier (R/R) is good. The over charging is probably the regulator part as mentioned in another post. Depending on your bike the regulator may be separate from rectifier or not. Good Luck!