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Originally Posted by gpriebe
I bought the battery @ canadien tire so I have it warrentied but your talking a newby. stator? reg? wires I can do lol Ill try the bat test again but could you explain thows two things for me pls and thanks alot for your advice thank u all
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No problem with being new at this.
A quick overview:
The battery is kept charged by converting mechanical energy from the engine into electrical energy, and then the electrical energy is delivered in a controlled fashion to the battery to keep it charged.
The conversion of mechanical energy into electrical energy is done by the stator. The stator is a bunch of coils of wire bolted to the engine and remains stationary (hence the term stator * a concatenation/abreviation of stationary and alternator). Surrounding the stator is a flywheel driven by the crankshaft, and imbedded in this flywheel are some powerful magnets. Magnetic forces and electric forces are closely intertwined, and it very easy to convert from one to the other. Thus the spinning magnets going by the coils of wire generate electric current. It is Alternating Current (AC), just like the alternating current in your house, only the frequency varies with engine speed.
The regulator does two things: It takes the Alternating Current (AC) from the stator and converts it to Direct Current (DC), then throttles the output voltage going to the battery to keep it within 13.5 Volts DC to 14.5 Volts DC. That is all it needs to do to keep a quad battery charged. When the battery is discharged it sucks in a lot of current, when it is fully charged it stops taking current. The output of the regulator tries its best to remain within the 13.5 to 14.5 volt limits.
So the battery charging system consists of the stator, regulator, battery and the wiring between all these.
Now for your specific quad:
Go to
www.ebay.com and in the main search field at the top type in "200cc voltage regulator" and start a search. If you don't have an eBay account just be a guest. Scroll down through the pictures from the dozens of vendors and see if you can find something that matches your quad. If you're succesful then you've found your quad's regulator and multiple sources of new ones. Also notice how inexpensive they are.
Then search eBay for "200cc stator". Now you know what your stator looks like, even though it is mounted inside the engine under the flywheel. The stator has two other functions as well * one of the windings on the 8 legged star is for powering the ignition through the CDI, and there is a pickup coil that mounts outside the flywheel that tells the CDI when to spark. Neither of these is involved in your battery charging problem. The battery charge windings consists of 7 coils of wire all connected end to end.
I would definately do the test to see if the battery discharges with the ignition on but the quad isn't running both with the regulator hooked up and not hooked up as outline in a previous post.
I would also look at all the connections at the stator wires where they come out of the engine, and at the regulator too. Make sure they are clean and tight.
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