Author Topic: 1975 CB 550 - battery not being recharged!  (Read 4165 times)

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Offline dave500

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Re: 1975 CB 550 - battery not being recharged!
« Reply #25 on: March 24, 2012, 09:34:34 PM »
ok,,your 1 to 1.1 measure less the leads .5 gives you .5-.6,your stator should be ok,test the field coil again using just its two wires,,not an engine or frame earth,,if thats what you meant by "between ground and white",,if the earth your talking about was the green wire to the field unplugged from the connections your field is ok.

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Re: 1975 CB 550 - battery not being recharged!
« Reply #26 on: March 25, 2012, 04:49:40 AM »
yes it was thanks, thanks.. this all started because a friend that knows his stuff as far as i know measured the amps coming of the stator while the bike was running and thought they were low.
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Re: 1975 CB 550 - battery not being recharged!
« Reply #27 on: March 25, 2012, 12:44:40 PM »
did he rev it to about 5000 rpm?idling and lower revs wont bring up the charge rate,,the battery has to be fully charged and good aswell.