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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Series ‘C’ Rapide Battery Not Charging
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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 106768" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>If there is an ammeter in the system that should have been showing that the system was charging flat out. When I first started supplying these systems the pins on the base of the regulator had a certain layout and it was possible to find three pin plugs which would fit over the spade terminals on the base of the regulator. This meant that it was easy to remove the wires and to ensure that they all went back onto their correct terminals. What appear to be the same regulators now have a different terminal layout on their bases so it is back to three individual connectors. I have had several enquiries over the years from people who have lost their original wiring diagrams and have struggled to replace the wires to the correct terminals. The system will not work without the wires being in their correct locations.</p><p>The last few kits I have supplied use a different alternator, a Nippon Denso rather than an Iskra. These can produce 40 amps rather than the 30 amps of the Iskra and have the regulator built in. The alternator also has a slightly smaller diameter than the earlier ones. It has proved to be necessary to modify some parts of the old kits to fit the new alternators and as one example one poor potential customer has been waiting for his kit for months. I have been waiting for over seven weeks for some minor parts to be made with a weekly promise that 'next week we will get on with them'. If you read this you know who you are so please accept my apologies for the long delay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 106768, member: 456"] If there is an ammeter in the system that should have been showing that the system was charging flat out. When I first started supplying these systems the pins on the base of the regulator had a certain layout and it was possible to find three pin plugs which would fit over the spade terminals on the base of the regulator. This meant that it was easy to remove the wires and to ensure that they all went back onto their correct terminals. What appear to be the same regulators now have a different terminal layout on their bases so it is back to three individual connectors. I have had several enquiries over the years from people who have lost their original wiring diagrams and have struggled to replace the wires to the correct terminals. The system will not work without the wires being in their correct locations. The last few kits I have supplied use a different alternator, a Nippon Denso rather than an Iskra. These can produce 40 amps rather than the 30 amps of the Iskra and have the regulator built in. The alternator also has a slightly smaller diameter than the earlier ones. It has proved to be necessary to modify some parts of the old kits to fit the new alternators and as one example one poor potential customer has been waiting for his kit for months. I have been waiting for over seven weeks for some minor parts to be made with a weekly promise that 'next week we will get on with them'. If you read this you know who you are so please accept my apologies for the long delay. [/QUOTE]
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