Yesterday, I asked about some weird stuff on my 425. Well today, I went out and pull started it. It idled fine but would quit with just a little throttle, until I turned the lights on. I revved the engine a bit and blew out both low beams, or blew a fuse (I don't know if they are fused). So I put my volt meter on the central panel, where the fan plugs into on the left side of the steering column, and got 19 volts with a quick bump of the throttle. Is this indicating a failed voltage regulator? Also, this was done with the battery disconnected. And the machine would not run without the light switch being in the high beam position, however the high beam is not currently installed.

 

Without a battery connected, your regularor is confused and keeps putting out high voltage. May have burned out other items. All the electrical stuff is designed to work together, when you take one part away thing will happen!

 

Thank you. More background, when I connect the battery it either kills the engine or causes the engine to not go over an idle. The battery is new, and shows 13 volts while isolated. I'm at a loss.