Hey can anyone tell me what exactly the r/r does and do I need it. I have a 85 XL 600, mine looks like its melted, the one without the cooling fins. I've turned my XL into a XR; no tail light, no turn signals or headlight or horn. Thanks for any info.
Regulator/rectifier, do I really need it?
Started by loom34432, Feb 02 2012 06:53 PM
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 06:53 PM
Hey can anyone tell me what exactly the r/r does and do I need it. I have a 85 XL 600, mine looks like its melted, the one without the cooling fins. I've turned my XL into a XR; no tail light, no turn signals or headlight or horn. Thanks for any info.
Posted 02 February 2012 - 07:01 PM
If you have no electrical then you can get by without it. The unit probably fried due to no load. With no load at all the regulator has to take all the juice from the stator. The ignition runs off it's own stator winding that has nothing to do with the headlight or DC electrical system.
