Catastrophic rectifier failure!

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Catastrophic rectifier failure!

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My common fault rectifier has failed(surprise surprise) and fried the stator instead of the battery.
I have seen a post about 'mosfet' rectifiers...
Can anyone tell me which particular model of 'mosfet' I'm looking for?
And also any advice on a good replacement stator would be appreciated becuase I definitely can not afford to buy 1 from honda at 496 quid.
Chrz guys, any advice is appreciated!

Oh and btw! for all of you that got involved and advised with my 'kickstand switch issue' posts. U were all correct.. It was the datatool immobiliser causing the cut outs :p
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Have a look in the Knowledge base,
also in the for sale section Mac was selling one(its sold now)
But it will give you an idea of what they look like :thumbup:
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Also someone on here will be able to tell you what bikes have
compatible ones, you need to do a bit of wiring, crimping etc,
but its not too hard to fit, just not much room,
also theres an alternator for sale on ebay for 37 quid ! :thumbup:
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kev64 wrote:Also someone on here will be able to tell you what bikes have
compatible ones, you need to do a bit of wiring, crimping etc,
but its not too hard to fit, just not much room,
also theres an alternator for sale on ebay for 37 quid ! :thumbup:
I think I could manage the wiring (he says optimistically) but thanx anyway! I've heard that R1/R6 rectifiers do the job, but I've also heard these mosfet rectifiers do the job better. Any other recommendations on bikes that could donate a r/r would b appreciated tho!
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t13ony wrote:
kev64 wrote:Also someone on here will be able to tell you what bikes have
compatible ones, you need to do a bit of wiring, crimping etc,
but its not too hard to fit, just not much room,
also theres an alternator for sale on ebay for 37 quid ! :thumbup:
I think I could manage the wiring (he says optimistically) but thanx anyway! I've heard that R1/R6 rectifiers do the job, but I've also heard these mosfet rectifiers do the job better. Any other recommendations on bikes that could donate a r/r would b appreciated tho!
http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... ty#p351482

http://www.superhawkforum.com/forums/kn ... how-25117/

http://www.electrexworld.co.uk/acatalog/G110.html
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Re: Catastrophic rectifier failure!

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Just like magic wicky :p haha
Have u any experience with these stator's in the link?
cheers mate!
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PM'd- I have both for sale.
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
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t13ony wrote:Just like magic wicky :p haha
Have u any experience with these stator's in the link?
cheers mate!
Nope - but they are cheaper than OEM Honda. I've had to replace mine after a couple of windings burnt and charging efficiency was touch & go, so I used a second hand one from fleabay. Pretty easy to replace, the trickiest bit was threading the cabling through frame & gubbins to where it connects onto the loom.
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You will want to check the main connection points from the charging system to the rest of your bike, for example the connection from the battery -ve terminal to the chassis/engine. If there is not sufficient load on the R/R charging system due to resistance in the rest of the electrical system then the excess power from the R/R will be fed back to the stator which is what burns out the coils. (this can also be a symptom of the voltage regulator section of the R/R failing).

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