Please help! Charging problem
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Re: Please help! Charging problem
08 Jun 2014 12:50fordtruck wrote: I checked it again this morning after charging the battery. Engine off, battery reads 13 volts. At 4k rpms with lights on it shows 13.6 volts. If I shut the lights off it goes to 14 volts. It may not be the strongest charging system, but it is charging now. It sure cranks over great now with the new battery!....
If not already done, would confirm the readings with a different voltmeter.
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Re: Please help! Charging problem
08 Jun 2014 12:57 - 08 Jun 2014 12:58fordtruck wrote: I checked it again this morning after charging the battery. Engine off, battery reads 13 volts. At 4k rpms with lights on it shows 13.6 volts. If I shut the lights off it goes to 14 volts. It may not be the strongest charging system, but it is charging now. It sure cranks over great now with the new battery!
So do you think I'm ok now with these numbers?
do you think I'm ok now with these numbers?
Of interest from the following thread:
www.kzrider.com/forum/4-electrical/59409...ator?start=20#633849
RonKZ650 wrote: All these years I've been running Dyna ignition and noticed my 650s always charged at about the 12.7v point and although low it has never caused my electric starter to not turn the engine over just fine as long as the battery was in good shape. I've run Dyna since 1979 and close to 250,000 miles on 650s.
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