I have a 2001 suzuki king quad 300 with 500 miles on it and was riding sunday and all of a sudden it started smoking right under the handelbars .So took it apart and the recitifer was what was smoking the back was burnt up .Was wondering what could have caused this have checked all the wired and there was a ground wire that was cut that runs to the battery please any help would greatly be appreciated .Bought new recitifer and want to make sure before i put it on so i don't burn it up also . Thanks
2007-11-22 11:07:14 · 2 answers · asked by br674 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Usually the rectifier and regulator are incorporated into one unit.
Not sure with your machine (probably/most likely LOL).
Charging systems put out close to 100 AC volts.
The rectifier turns the voltage into DC current.
The regulator dumps excess voltage to ground, preventing it from burning up the battery with to much voltage.
If the ground wire was damaged/cut, there would be no way for the voltage to escape the regulator/rectifier and it would burn up.
2007-11-22 15:51:16 · answer #1 · answered by guardrailjim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It done burnt up? Did this happen in Arkansas?
2007-11-22 12:05:21 · answer #2 · answered by pistonclash 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋