Hi all. I need help here please. Kymco xciting 500ri Luckily I was almost home when she went totally dead. A few phone calls to technical people helped me Find main fuse blown. Replaced to immediately blow again. Auto elec told me to disconnect rectifier/regulator and she will fire up, which is what happened , so I got home ok. I started googling like mad, and came across instructions to test stator and regulator. Results : Statorhm 1.8-2.3 between one set of connectors, and 1.8 between two other sets. This seems to be too high as manual says 0.5 ohm. No continuaty to ground. At idle voltage between each terminal 20v,about even across the board . Regulator: First I Replaced blown regulator with a used one on hand. Amp reading on negative battery terminal=3.5 at idle to 5 when blipping the throttle. Voltage at battery is 17 idle and 18 revving. Stator is new, 3 months old. Should I immediately suspect the stator with high ohm reading.? Should I also suspect the regulator because 17-18v is way over the top.? The amp at idle might be a bit low, should be 4.(google says so) Does the stator smooth out any input voltage into the correct output voltage of 14.7max? Like a ups? Sent from my Samsung Note 3 with Tapatalk
Sounds like the regulator/rectifier is shot. With voltage at the battery (i'm assuming across the terminals, engine running) at 17-18volts, that's gonna cook it real quick. Standard reading with the engine at 5000rpm, lights on, should be around 14.8 volts max. Has it blown any bulbs? That's normally a dead giveaway that the rectifier/regulator has gone. And it's not unknown for it to take the stator with it.
Thanks for the input. It helped me pinpoint the culprit. So I replaced the regulator and all is good in my world again. Sent from my Samsung Note 3 with Tapatalk
