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Ricks Motorsport Regulator/Rectifier Installed - Blowing fuses
« on: January 28, 2015, 10:56:49 AM »
Hey everyone,
So my 75 CB400 seemed like it wasn't charging the battery anymore so I ordered a Rick's Motorsport R/R and the bike starts and runs great but if it idles for too long the main fuse blows (15amp). I've checked the grounds and checked for shorts but can't find anything wrong, I also have a Dyna S ignition but that's never caused any problems before either....

Any suggestions? 15amps is the right amperage fuse for the main right?
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Re: Ricks Motorsport Regulator/Rectifier Installed - Blowing fuses
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2015, 11:29:10 AM »
15 is correct. Can you provide some pictures or explanations of how you wired it?

Well it's pretty straight forward you just plug it into the plug where the rectifier was and then remove the regulator and plug it into those 3 wires (white black and green).
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Re: Ricks Motorsport Regulator/Rectifier Installed - Blowing fuses
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2015, 11:30:26 AM »
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Re: Ricks Motorsport Regulator/Rectifier Installed - Blowing fuses
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2015, 12:45:33 PM »
Stock glass fuses? Have you put a meter on the battery, stator output (RED) which now plugs to R/W on the others idea of RR plug, and checked the voltage at the battery while bike is idling?

Can you tell where the fuse is blowing; at the ends or the middle of the glass?

No my old fusebox was melted and messed up from the previous owner so I made a custom fuse box with blade style fuses and they're blowing in the middle of the fuse. It seems to blow when idling too....
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Re: Ricks Motorsport Regulator/Rectifier Installed - Blowing fuses
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2015, 05:27:01 PM »
If you have a multimeter with an amperage hoop, then you should be scanning the wires by tracing them with the hoop to see where the current draw is coming from and if you have a good Sperry or Fluke, it should be quite accurate.  Add up the amps to see first if they total more than 15.  Then trouble shoot the highest read wire to see if there's a fixable issue. Tedious at best, but you may have to clean and wiggle just about every wire on the bike to find the source of the leakage/draw.  You probably already know this, but: the rectifier is making a DC electric wave form out of AC from the alternator.  The regulator is only modulating the voltage.  The current draw, not the voltage is what is melting the filament of the fuse.  Current is usually a function of the device drawing the current.  Example, you may have a shorted field in the starter that is touching the case and there's going to be current drawn even tho your not energizing the starter.  You may have to trace a lot of wires, of just a few, but you need to find the current (amps) that are melting the fuse.
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