Here is the deal, blue. Say we have a D/C source that can hold anywhere from 13.1 to 12.5v in a static battery. This range happens to be well charged and still running after a few years still within range of what the engine wants and old enough to hold volts between the plates inside the battery.
What breaks down the process is the chemical reaction and now the interior of the battery and all that wear/heat/buckle/exposed weather/deteriorate/exposed neglect finally takes a toll on the battery in general. So, with that in mind, we can gauge a battery life in the static sense watching that battery drop from 13.4 to 13.1 to 12.8 to 12.0 and now you more or less have a battery that will be taxed by the voltage regulator.
Here is the deal with the reg box. We have a cut box working and we can call that our voltage regulator. We are built with a gate that bleeds off or sends to ground, any voltage output not to exceed 15v. So, as we ride, we have the volt reg in regulation mode sending anything past 14.4v right down to ground. If we did not do this, we would send more heat into that battery than what the 6 plates times 2 = 12v size battery needs. A .8v is less than 13v, less than 15v and where the battery has to be charged as well as have the output demand that will not drop under 12v say for argument sake.
Lets move to the stator. We have this coil winding unit along with a magnet called a rotor. So once the rotor is moving over a field of say we have that wave in alternating current called house current or AC current. We want to take that one wave and capture it. There is a one way switch in the cut box called a rectifier. This one way switch not only can hold both waves from alternating like, 'for every action there is an opposite" we have that rectifier to have the ability to capture that wave as well. Call it, phasing. If you ever heard of a 3-wave rectifier = 2 in 1 out wave call it.
Say we have a Harley stator that has a rating of 32-Amps. Watthat means is the stator can put out 16 amps out of one wire prong. If you double those two wire ends out the engine case it will take and convert those waves in the box that can rectify-ier both waves = 32 amp rated stator wire housing. You need the regulator after the rectifier. The voltage reg; will blow off any revving the engine does as the stator puts out higher amps as the volt reg grounds everything else. WATT you are left with [using that ohms math to convert] are all your resisters/diodes/condensers/switching junctions/ground box, all this so you see a perfect 14.4v at the pod built like an engine with the exact bore and stroke numbers like all in the matching loop like OTTO swings 360. So does seeing that 14.4v in perfect running condition in an on/off to match OTTO to OHM.
WATThe pod is reading is the volt reg in action. The battery is bleeding off not only 10th's of volts, but more watt demand for all those Tail lights/winks/headlight/dash read/etc./my hand grips/HiD some volt pulling like big time are those 4 condenser boxes to HID the shit out of the candle power drag is draw some current off the demand is say we have a perfect leave me the fuck alone electrical system that is matched with the correct heat rings [resistors] at the motherboard and one way switching diodes that say the battery load/output/cranking capacity of sized battery to-a closed loop system that says stay the fuck out with your hand warmers. Ok, so have a few accessories...
Don't start getting all bent out of shape about watching you current draw the shit out of the closed loopitea do you see the action now? My bike sits a week or more on average. Those short spurts for errands have to be churning some high A/C output in a short span so the battery sees a spike with one headlight running only. Hard braking [less time] or the other option [coasting] so that brake light does not suck it [the weak/week battery] all out. It was that short a run blip. I can't tell you how quick that was. I forgot my wallet and had to return to pay for the bill. The person was still sitting at the same place when I left and then returned. She made comment about me being back so soon. 100mph sweepers help chasing for wallet she just sat down Ha-ha I'm back!
* Last updated by: Hub on 11/19/2010 @ 6:59 PM *
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