93 sporty charging issues

[bradhilburn]

Got a friend of mine who has a 93 sporty chop that is no longer charging the battery. He said he change the stator and the voltage regulator out for new ones still nothing and its got a fresh ground on it. Any suggestions on this?

[tattoo2303]

is it a new battery? how many volts is he putting out while its running? there is always the chance of new bad parts but id be inclined to think its a poor connection or miswiring first

[misfitJason]

If he is using the same battery again it won't work. I had a problem beofre that I thought was my charging system and it just turned out to be a slight bit of water in the ignition switch that was causing a false "on" and ate my coil battery and regulator. Just saying try everything. Test the stor and regulator with an ampmeter

[tattoo2303]

Volt meter

[bradhilburn]

ok yeah so he has a new battery when he rides it for say and hour and a half its down to 11 volts got new voltage regulator and stator and when he checks voltage from that nada?

[tattoo2303]

just attach the meter to the battery terminals while its sitting there idling and than maybe step it up in revs at a constant pitch, so idle-test, hold it at a little gas- test, open it up like quarter turn and hold it-test and see what its putting out at each interval

14v is everything working fine
less and its not charging- bad stator or connection some where
more and the voltage regulator isnt working and has/will fry the battery

[bradhilburn]

thanks man ill ask him bout it