Hey guys, this is all very educational. Any idea how many watts the stator on y wife's new (2007) Eton Viper 90R (4-stroke with reverse) puts out, and whether there is enough to add hand warmers or thumb warmers? (It has two little front lites and rear lites including brake lights, and a lighted gear display, an electric switch to change from forward to reverse, a horn, and a backup "beeper" that goes off when you are in reverse.)

I'd appreciate any advice, thanks.

James

 

No its still 290w... my '02 Standard DS handled the stock main plus 2- 75w trail tech's no problem. I'm pretty sure all year stators are wound to the same wattage.

 

Hey, after I started this post I was informed that it is the stator capabilities not the battery. So, what I found in the back of my shop manual was Electrical Specs. and in there was the stator wattage. So I would say get yourself a shop manual disc for 5 bucks off ebay and check out the Electrical specs. Then print out the whole book for future use =) Good Luck

-Nathan

 

Thanks, Nathan - good idea. In fact, it just happens that I ordered one today, so it must be that great minds think alike, eh?

Or is it that fools seldom differ?

 

HAH! Im actually torn. Im no great mind, but I may fall JUST short of a fool. So maybe we can come up with our own little happy median. Just wondering, was it 5 bucks?

 

The dealer said he could probably burn a CD for me, for 20 bucks. (I suppose I could have ordered it from the etonamerica website, but by the time it made it acroos the border to Toronto, it would have been next Christmas!

 

LOL true, for 20 bucks at a dealer do it. No need to wait for shipping time or pay the shipping.. By the time its all done your damn near your 20 bucks lol.

 

TWENTY AMPS worth of lighting? Can't imagine any stator keeping up.

 

Take a walk with me into the world of Can-Am and BRP, where there is a mythical bike known simply as the DS, where yes that kind of big boy amperage is not only possible but easily attainable. The DS stator is rated by BRP for 290 watts... 290w/12v=24.16 amps. Like I said in the original post the stock stator has been tested to 240w.... 240w/12=20 amps. Yes it can handle that much amperage. I have safely run the stock main (65w) and two trail tech aux lights (75w each) that makes a total of 215w @ 17.92 amps. I have ZERO battery draw down, and have had nights where we rode all night only stopping to gas up. I have since taken the lights off because I don't ride that much at night anymore, but when I did have them on, NEVER did my DS ever even studder on startup. We are talking about gas tank draining rides with lights on the entire time even when we stopped to have a rest. Now I'm not taking shots at your '99 Yamaha Big Bear, (or am I [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]) but the technology in the 21st century is amazing.LOL Here's one that will blow your mind... you can get a rewound stator for the DS that is rated at 400w.... thats 33.33 amps. Now can you imagine a stator keeping up?

 

Hey, FatHolly, do you know how much the Stator is rated for on my '04 Outlander 400 Max XT?