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[Harv748]

OK...fited new reg/rec today as I was convinced mine had packed up...not so apparently, still no charge when the engine is running.

So the story so far is:

Battery seems to be OK as it will quite happily charge on the optimate and once charged will crank the bike over no problem at all.

Reading accross the terminals when fully charged is about 12.5V.

Start the bike and the reading stays at about 12V, but does drop on turning on the lights etc, and will continue to drop if the bike is stopped and started a few times.

Clearly it is not being charged when the bike is running, the highest reading I get is the 12.5 when itys fully charged...certainly not getting anywhere near 13+V

Checked the fuse in the fuse box...OK...are there any others?

Checked the wiring back from the reg/rec to the other side of the bike...all appears OK.

Any other ideas...I'm starting to get a bit peeved with it now...I wanna go ride!!!

[Edited on 15-4-2006 by Harv748]