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1978 Honda 550/Charging system
« on: July 22, 2009, 09:38:27 AM »
I am having a problem with my charging system, the bike needs to be at 2000 RPM before the current at the battery reaches 13.5 volts. I have gone through and cleaned all connections i found and made sure the head light and tail light are OEM. This does have a vetter windshield with the annoying buzzer on the blinker. I was looking at the handaman ignition to reduce load on the battery. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. 
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Re: 1978 Honda 550/Charging system
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2009, 09:45:00 AM »
You might want to move this to the tech thread. You'll want to talk to Bob about that.
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Re: 1978 Honda 550/Charging system
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2009, 04:10:10 PM »
Welcome aboard!

IMHO, if you're getting anything above, say, 13 volts at the battery terminals at an RPM just above idle (2000), you don't have a problem at all.  I mean, after all, you're charging up above the nominal battery voltage at an RPM that you'll nearly always be above, except when idling at a stop light or something.

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Re: 1978 Honda 550/Charging system
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2009, 05:42:12 PM »
yeah thats normal, and if the buzzer annoys you disconnect it
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Re: 1978 Honda 550/Charging system
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2009, 05:55:39 AM »
Posting in agreement. You don't get much charging on the low side of RPMs, just the way they come.
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