'02 sportsman not charging
#1
'02 sportsman not charging
I replaced the v/r on my atv about 4 months ago and all was fine. The other day the battery light started flashing so I checked and it was not charging. I removed the v/r and it was covered with black sticky material form getting too hot. any ideas as to what may cause this? The regulator was a moose brand.
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Could either be just a faulty regulator where the diodes have shorted out or could be a a stator problem. Check the yellow wires leading onto the v/r. Should be resistance between yellow to yellow and no yellow should short to ground.If you have a good meter set to ac amperage,have the machine in neutral, crank it up by the recoil starter with the meter wires on the yellow and yellow/red. Should show right at 7 amps. Any more than that the stator charge coil could be faulty and the stator would need to be replaced. Hopefully it's just a faulty v/r even though it's fairly new.Plus always have the battery load tested as to whether it needs to be replaced also. One of the most overlooked items.
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The yellow and yellow/red are the stator charge wires you check.Have the meter set on ohms and test each wire to each other. Should show resistance between each other,plus with a red meter lead in each one,the black lead to ground,it should not show a short to ground. Amperage test is between the yellow and yellow/red also. 7 amps according to the manual.
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