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Adding a LED to an aftermarket large housing.
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<blockquote data-quote="allenp42" data-source="post: 185098" data-attributes="member: 8785"><p>I went back to beginning and re-read some of your checks when we first started out. In post #13, you noted continuity: Yellow to ground, White to ground but no continuity white to yellow? It seems that you've always had one leg that was grounded, but the coils were isolated from each other? Maybe there is a bad check along the way or something has changed?</p><p></p><p>Regarding your voltage measurements, do you read any voltage yellow to ground? White to ground? I may have missed the reference point for your voltage measurements. Y to Gnd? Y to Gnd? Y to W?</p><p></p><p>Anyhoo, no need to worry about your rec/reg until you have something for it to rectify and regulate. But to answer your question, there is a not a good way to check a rec/reg, especially since we don't know the type you have or what's inside. I have a hunch what you have but will save it for later. </p><p></p><p>I have thought about your resistance readings. 2 ohms Y to G & W to G seems a little high based on my guesstimate of your wire size and amount of wire. I would expect it be less than 1 ohm, more like ~ 0.5 per winding. Just to humor me, please double check this when you have time.</p><p></p><p>I am 100% with Bob on this. Even if your rec/reg went out to lunch, slim chance it ate your stator for desert. Same goes if both the yellow and white wires were tied together and connected to ground. There is just not enough power available to smoke the windings in a 15 mile excursion. Adding to this, you have no obvious visual clues of smoked or physical damage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="allenp42, post: 185098, member: 8785"] I went back to beginning and re-read some of your checks when we first started out. In post #13, you noted continuity: Yellow to ground, White to ground but no continuity white to yellow? It seems that you've always had one leg that was grounded, but the coils were isolated from each other? Maybe there is a bad check along the way or something has changed? Regarding your voltage measurements, do you read any voltage yellow to ground? White to ground? I may have missed the reference point for your voltage measurements. Y to Gnd? Y to Gnd? Y to W? Anyhoo, no need to worry about your rec/reg until you have something for it to rectify and regulate. But to answer your question, there is a not a good way to check a rec/reg, especially since we don't know the type you have or what's inside. I have a hunch what you have but will save it for later. I have thought about your resistance readings. 2 ohms Y to G & W to G seems a little high based on my guesstimate of your wire size and amount of wire. I would expect it be less than 1 ohm, more like ~ 0.5 per winding. Just to humor me, please double check this when you have time. I am 100% with Bob on this. Even if your rec/reg went out to lunch, slim chance it ate your stator for desert. Same goes if both the yellow and white wires were tied together and connected to ground. There is just not enough power available to smoke the windings in a 15 mile excursion. Adding to this, you have no obvious visual clues of smoked or physical damage. [/QUOTE]
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