Engine not charging battery

[shorty]

FYI: I used a volt meter to test the stator/rotor output. Pulled the plug on the rectifier/regulator to access the 3 wires coming from the stator. The other 2 wires are 12v pos and negative so easy to identify the 3 stator wires, which are yellow on my Kowhockey. You should see around 30v AC not DC coming from the engine stator. Test all three wires to EACH OTHER not ground. Remember the stator puts out AC like an alternator. The rectifier converts the AC into DC to charge the battery. On my case the rectifier/regulator was bad, obvious because the 3 stator wires showed 30v AC

[bigfatkahuna]

Guessing there was no voltage coming out of the rectifier?

[shorty]

Only battery voltage was showing at the rectifier, not enough to charge the battery 

[bigfatkahuna]

That's great info, I wouldn't have thought of that. Thanks

[shorty]

If you ever get stumped message me. I've been a pro mechanic for a VERY long time 

[Gwbarm]

You should see about 14.5 volts at the battery with it running if charging correctly. Thats assuming regulator and rectifier is working correctly, if higher than that regulator is bad.

[shorty]

Correct,  thanks for your input 

[bigfatkahuna]

10 hours ago, shorty said:

If you ever get stumped message me. I've been a pro mechanic for a VERY long time 

Thanks Shorty!