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The meter on the front panel shows in the green and occasionally bounces back and forth across the green/red line on the right side. No I'm testing at the connection terminals and not the battery posts themselves.

DC Charging voltage looks to peak around 31.6v DC. Again seems high but while watching it on DMM it goes between 30.0v and 31.6. I'm letting it run for at least and hour and going to check the voltage periodically.

That's great news. I'm going to hook up my new rectifer and see what DC charging voltage I get.

Yes it does. It's set to v-ma/2

So I can't make heads or tails of this value but this is what the analog meter shows.....it's set on the 100ACV setting.

Thank you for the info and incite. We had an old analog meter here at work that I'll try and locate. I would be intresting to see what the old analog meter shows. I will try and locate a 350 kOhm resistor to take reading from with my DMM for comparison. I'm just trying to keep the smoke in on...

Yes I have had charging issues (not charging) since I bought the unit. When I first started troubleshooting it I had 0v from the output of the stator when running. I ohm the old stator and it was open. I ordered a replacement for it. When I first installed the new one I was getting 30-35v but...

I bought a spare stator and installed it yesterday. It tested good according to the ohm reading. It gives me the same 51-52 AC volts and the previous one. Not exactly where to go from here. Will this kill a replacement rectifier with this voltage?

I can't say for sure as the box and paperwork has been discarded. The purchase was for a 003a but can't say for sure that's what I received/installed. This morning I purchased another as a spare that I'll installed and compare results. There is simple and easier fix to charge the battery but...

I'm using a Fluke 79 which says on the front it's a true RMS meter. I don't want to overthink this but I really don't want to set a match to $100 on hooking up a new rectifier to it either. I don't get any output on the current rectifier.

So there is 0.2 ohms in my test leads which puts this even closer to what the manual says is normal. I checked and it says to conduct this test with the leads disconnected (open). I just don't want to kill a new rectifier if this isn't normal incoming voltage. Looking at this I don't see how...

I have a MEP-003A that isn't charging the batteries. According to the testing article here (and TB) I have a bad regulator. I also had a open stator which has recently been replace. After stator replacment, I'm getting 56v AC between the two stator wires while it's running (and wires...

Most of the temp sensors (metal) I have found go up to ~250f which I'm guessing would be high enough but I worry a little about the wire that goes to the sensor...if I can get it out of the way or wrap it it something to protect it from the higher temperatures.

Thanks for the awesome feedback here. My pi came today and I'm using a 3 relay hat (will need two of them) but wanted to do some proof of concept before purchasing everything. I was able to switch the relays very easily with very little python code. Let the wiring and coding begin. One thing...

Thanks for the info. That's something that would have had me chasing my tail for a little while. Since the starter disengages automatically, it seems like the simple thing to start with would be just to crank for 10-15 seconds, stop then check for voltage. Once I get things starting on their...