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Steve

swest wrote:

Steve

I do electronics for a living and just love that pictoral!! Ha ha

That's what The Old Kaw Man sent me with a used Reg/Rect two years ago. Crude but it gets the point across.
Steve.

Yea thanks i got the part and it has all the wires in the diagram

I've done plan drawings and worked with schematics all my life. Mine would be a little neater than that. Got to give him credit, he laid it out so a child could do it.
Steve

swest wrote: I've done plan drawings and worked with schematics all my life. Mine would be a little neater than that. Got to give him credit, he laid it out so a child could do it.
Steve

Credit due, absolutely. The whole idea of pictorals is to make the layout and circuit super simple.

Well after another 2 1/2 weeks of riding, I pulled my battery out and again this morning and the water level is about +1" below the lowest line and it took many ounces of distilled water to get it in the middle zone.
This is the third time this season now and it was a new battery in May.
So I guess it's time for me to also suck it up and work out a new rectifier/regulator.
That 14.5v to 14.9v at 3,500 - 4,000rpm is too much and just boiling the water right out of this thing.
Yausa YB14L-A2

Before you buy another regulator take a look in the Kawasaki Service Manual to see if there is a way to adjust the regulator you have. My 1977 KZ650-C1 has a separate rectifier and regulator, and on mine the regulator can be adjusted to increase or decrease the voltage. Yours might be different, but it's worth checking. Ed

It's been a long hot summer. I'm not sure a sealed battery would be any better. Maybe the Reg/Rect. Can you try the one on the other bike?
Steve

I just realy want to say tanks for the help today i did figure it out and i had a nice ride and again thanks alot for the help...

You're Welcome.
Steve

The rectifier is the open frame type with the diode stack.
Not sure if this is the original Vreg or not.




I still do not understand why every photo from my phone turns upside down here.