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Post by pamcopete on Jul 31, 2007 18:15:29 GMT -5
jeepurze Thats the rectifier all right..  ...some idiot took a picture of the backside.  You'll need two of those. It's not really plug and play...  ..you will have to solder or use crimp connectors to make it work...  ...see the earlier pics of the completed assembly. |
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Post by jeepurze on Jul 31, 2007 18:22:11 GMT -5
thanks . no probs with the crimpin soldering stuff, as for suggestion of heat sinc, I know heat sinc absorbs the heat so to speak. but what exactly is it.?
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Post by pamcopete on Jul 31, 2007 18:28:55 GMT -5
Well, the posts refer to two heat sinks.....one is used to absorb the heat on the rectifier terminals if you decide to solder them....it is basically a big tweezer that is spring loaded to grip the base of the connections and divert some of the heat from the soldering iron away from the rectifier. The other heat sink is a piece of aluminum about 1/8 X 2 X 3 inches that you mount the rectifiers on (see pic). xs650temp.proboards29.com/index.cgi?board=Charging&action=display&thread=1170385786&page=1#1179023027The purpose of this heat sink is to dissipate the heat (like a radiator) created by the current flowing through the rectifiers. Without the heat sink, the rectifiers would burn up pretty fast. |
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Post by jeepurze on Jul 31, 2007 19:15:54 GMT -5
i got the looneynum heat sinc part. but wasnt sure on the other, thanks Ill check it out. actually kinda like the electrical stuff part of bike makin. thanks jeep.
oh forgot got the part through the link provided autozone didnt have one.
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Post by rudy78 on Jul 31, 2007 23:12:31 GMT -5
Finally got the rectifier (and regulator) all done tonight. Charges like a CHAMP!!! Took some pictures before and after I installed it.    Yeah, the heat sink is a little beasty and big, but it's all I could find, and it was only 2 bucks from a surplus store!! It actually fits pretty nice in the area where the old rectifier was. Thanks for the help Pete! Rudy |
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Post by ultimarider on Aug 1, 2007 1:56:33 GMT -5
Where did you get your regulator Rudy?
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Post by jeepurze on Aug 1, 2007 7:21:09 GMT -5
boy thanks for the pics , that helps more than anything. all is ordered, hope it looks as neat as the pics when im done.
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Post by rudy78 on Aug 1, 2007 10:28:06 GMT -5
Ultima, I got Pamcopete to buy the regulator and rectifiers and ship them to me up here in Canada. I can get the regulator here, but for about 6 times the cost, and thats IF they can get one in. They are called a VR291, look through some of the threads here in the charging section. It's one by Pamcopete. Jeep, the wiring isn't hard to make look neat. But I guess coming from someone who does it for a living, it's easy for me to say. Just get some zip ties and have-at-er! I could have done a nicer job, but it was about 1000 degrees in the garage last night. Boy was it nice to take her for a test ride |
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Post by pamcopete on Aug 1, 2007 10:49:14 GMT -5
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Post by ultimarider on Aug 1, 2007 14:47:36 GMT -5
It looks like I'll be checking NAPA first off... I'll have to order the other parts from radio shack for the rectifier. www.radioshack.com/Just search for Full Wave Bridge Rectifier Has anyone ever head of someone making their own solid state regulator for years 70-79? It's probably a fairly simple circuit. |
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Post by pamcopete on Aug 1, 2007 17:11:57 GMT -5
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Post by rudy78 on Aug 1, 2007 22:11:09 GMT -5
hey pete, even with the scorching 35 degree weather up here today, that heat sink kept kept it's cool. as i always say, go big or go home! I think next time i'll see if i can find a bigger one..... there's still a little extra room in there. maybe on the XS400. |
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Post by pamcopete on Aug 2, 2007 10:01:12 GMT -5
rudy78 Do me a small favor.. ..post a pic of the regulator in the regulator thread... ...lets other members with a regulator problem see the solution first hand......  thanks, Pete |
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Post by lsettle on Aug 2, 2007 20:09:50 GMT -5
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Post by pamcopete on Aug 5, 2007 20:21:11 GMT -5
Isettle
You should put a fuse on that red wire from the rectifier....20A....because if the rectifier shorts to ground, you're gonna have a problem. Or, just wire it to the load side of the main fuse.
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...some idiot took a picture of the backside. 
You'll need two of those. It's not really plug and play... 
..you will have to solder or use crimp connectors to make it work... 
...see the earlier pics of the completed assembly.
