How do you test your rectifier and regulator?
To test your regulator/rectifier…. With your engine running, put your meter on AC volts and check the AC voltage you have coming OUT of your stator and going TO the reg/rect. You should read around 25 Volts AC. Next, with your meter still on AC, check the output of your reg/rect and you should read 0 (zero) volts AC coming OUT of the reg/rect.
What should the AC reading be on a Honda ATV?
You should read around 25 Volts AC. Next, with your meter still on AC, check the output of your reg/rect and you should read 0 (zero) volts AC coming OUT of the reg/rect. (If you have more than 0 volts AC coming out of the reg/rect, you have a bad reg/rect.) Next, put your meter on DC Volts. Check the output of the reg/rect.
Can a high voltage regulator damage a CDI?
High voltage can do more than damage a CDI. Every lamp in the bike plus the engine management computer are all at risk. I run a full time DC voltmeter and other gauges such as a cylinder head temperature gauge and a tachometer to keep an eye on things that Mr Honda was less concerned about.
To test your regulator/rectifier…. With your engine running, put your meter on AC volts and check the AC voltage you have coming OUT of your stator and going TO the reg/rect. You should read around 25 Volts AC. Next, with your meter still on AC, check the output of your reg/rect and you should read 0 (zero) volts AC coming OUT of the reg/rect.
High voltage can do more than damage a CDI. Every lamp in the bike plus the engine management computer are all at risk. I run a full time DC voltmeter and other gauges such as a cylinder head temperature gauge and a tachometer to keep an eye on things that Mr Honda was less concerned about.
You should read around 25 Volts AC. Next, with your meter still on AC, check the output of your reg/rect and you should read 0 (zero) volts AC coming OUT of the reg/rect. (If you have more than 0 volts AC coming out of the reg/rect, you have a bad reg/rect.) Next, put your meter on DC Volts. Check the output of the reg/rect.