psikora
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First off, I apologize for not finding similar results in a search. I must be doing something wrong.
I was riding home last week and noticed my battery light was glowing. I previously added a 12v panel meter which read 13.8v at speed. My friend says it should be at least 14.0. I have a one- or two-year-old Odyssey battery.
My friend suggested checking my multimeter voltage reading with the bike running vs the panel meter. They are the same or no more than 0.1v different.
It looks like this has the upgraded alternator pulleys as the top one is steel, not aluminum, and the bottom one doesn't have the three spot welds on it. I can turn the belt mid-span more than 90 degrees and there is more than a 1/4" deflection. Can self-adjusting mechanisms get hung up?
Before I start removing the tank and a lot of Tupperware to look for ground leads from the alternator for cleaning (did that for main ground leads last year), should I be looking for something else first? Any help would be mucho apreciado.
phil, #09135
I was riding home last week and noticed my battery light was glowing. I previously added a 12v panel meter which read 13.8v at speed. My friend says it should be at least 14.0. I have a one- or two-year-old Odyssey battery.
My friend suggested checking my multimeter voltage reading with the bike running vs the panel meter. They are the same or no more than 0.1v different.
It looks like this has the upgraded alternator pulleys as the top one is steel, not aluminum, and the bottom one doesn't have the three spot welds on it. I can turn the belt mid-span more than 90 degrees and there is more than a 1/4" deflection. Can self-adjusting mechanisms get hung up?
Before I start removing the tank and a lot of Tupperware to look for ground leads from the alternator for cleaning (did that for main ground leads last year), should I be looking for something else first? Any help would be mucho apreciado.
phil, #09135