rebelbanshee2 Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Im reloacting my electronics to behind the tank so im wondering..Does the voltage regulator need to be mounted to anything metal to ground it? or can it mounted to anything, like plastic? Im alittle unsure becasue the gound wire bolts to the regulator and the whoe housing is metal. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenBB Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 As long as the ground wire is, well, grounded, I don't think the voltage regulator needs to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledofthezep Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 As long as the ground wire is, well, grounded, I don't think the voltage regulator needs to be. My thought exactly. Where exactly are you mounting it behind the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelbanshee2 Posted January 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 well when you take the seat off you see that arc shaped cut in the tanks cover plasic and the tank has a depression there a couple brackets coming from the bolts on the back of the tanks and its good. the cdi fits perfect in there, the voltage regulator doesnt. so thats what im working on and wanted to make sure there was anything goofy with it before i found a spot. Ill probably just zip tie the little guy onto the back of the cdi if it doesnt need anything special ill get a pic when its done. hoping to revove the 2 ft. of wires that go all the way to the back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledofthezep Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Cool...not a bad idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyRo_ZaCh Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 while on the topic of voltage regulators, i think mines shot, (all 3 lights blew at once) my dad was talking to some one about it and they said something about a common problem of one wire coming loose and causing every thing to bypass the voltage regulator, any one know alot about this kind of thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelbanshee2 Posted January 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 got it done. pics up in the images section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blk02banshee Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 while on the topic of voltage regulators, i think mines shot, (all 3 lights blew at once) my dad was talking to some one about it and they said something about a common problem of one wire coming loose and causing every thing to bypass the voltage regulator, any one know alot about this kind of thing? Same thing happened to me, but I have'nt figured it out yet. I looked at all the connections and they're all clean and tight. I replaced my bulbs 4 times, and I can watch mine blow. The lights don't get any brighter when I rev it, but it seems like it's the vibration doing it. They go 1 at a time. usually the tail light first, then the rest follow and go out within 30 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyRo_ZaCh Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 did you replace the regulator?, i called up a local shop and its like $52 so i'm thinking it would just be easier to do that, but if it is just a wire that would prob be a waste of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blk02banshee Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 did you replace the regulator?, i called up a local shop and its like $52 so i'm thinking it would just be easier to do that, but if it is just a wire that would prob be a waste of money. I did'nt replace mine, because I figure if the lights only get so bright when I rev, then the regulator must be regulating. I could be wrong, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raxen Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 Make good use of a shock attenuation material when placing the regulator that close to the engine. Coils, regulators, and rectifiers are all very prone to failure under undampened vibrations. Also, you might consider a light-weight heat sheilding for it within that proximity of the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyRo_ZaCh Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 did you replace the regulator?, i called up a local shop and its like $52 so i'm thinking it would just be easier to do that, but if it is just a wire that would prob be a waste of money. I did'nt replace mine, because I figure if the lights only get so bright when I rev, then the regulator must be regulating. I could be wrong, though. i was thinkin the same, but then i was wondering if that was their maximum brightness or something, because as far as vibration goes mine burn out just sitting there, I've gone off jumps and through all kinds of stuff with them before and nothing, and just now I started thinking... could the cold of had somthing to do with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelbanshee2 Posted January 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Make good use of a shock attenuation material when placing the regulator that close to the engine. Coils, regulators, and rectifiers are all very prone to failure under undampened vibrations. Also, you might consider a light-weight heat sheilding for it within that proximity of the engine. Well i figured if its on a rubber mounted plastic tank it would cut the vibration pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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