Can You charge a lawn mower with no rectifier?
No battery voltage at the center lead of the regulator and it won’t close the trigger to allow charging. Unless the rectifier is bolted down, the ground will not be good enough.
Can a rectifier read higher than battery voltage?
with the engine running back probe the purple wire to ground it should read higher than battery voltage. If the rectifier is also a regulator the voltage read at the purple terminal will vary with the state of battery charge. I like to start the engine then remove the + battery terminal .
Can a regulator be wired directly to a battery?
ILENGINE, I found THE solution in your post to clarkman5000 in Jul 2018 when you explained that <<the purple wire can be wired directly to battery which is the recommended Kohler method anyway>>. Like clarkman5000, I thought that the 12V on the B+ terminal of the regulator was a one-way out phenomenon.
Is the rectifier a regulator or a regulator?
If the rectifier is also a regulator the voltage read at the purple terminal will vary with the state of battery charge. I like to start the engine then remove the + battery terminal .
How many volts should I read on my Reg / rect?
You should read close to 14.5 Volts DC. If you read more or less than that, you need a new reg/rect. You should not be using the Ammeter on your meter (to check amps) on your reg/rect. at all. Otherwise, you will either destroy your meter, or the reg/rect. Hope that helps. Click to expand… Thanks for the detailed reply.
What should the output of the Reg / rect be?
Check the output of the reg/rect. You should read close to 14.5 Volts DC. If you read more or less than that, you need a new reg/rect. You should not be using the Ammeter on your meter (to check amps) on your reg/rect. at all. Otherwise, you will either destroy your meter, or the reg/rect. Hope that helps. Click to expand…
No battery voltage at the center lead of the regulator and it won’t close the trigger to allow charging. Unless the rectifier is bolted down, the ground will not be good enough.
Is the rectifier or regulator broken?
So put a DMM on the battery terminals while it was idling and got 21v. Switched to amps and melted the red lead of the DMM. Repaired the lead and checked voltage again and it was 20v increasing to more than that with revs. Has anyone got specs on what these charging circuits are supposed to produce. Is the rectifier or regulator broken?