1995 883 hugger not charging how to check system have new battery
you do not need to open the cover/dynamo yet,and donot replace the light coil yet.Letting you know,a motorcycle have 3 lines,the primary coil which supplies the ignition through the sparkplug; the secondary which supplies the headlight & the rectifier diode through the batery.
Now,look at any color of wire from the dynamo except black.( becos black is mostly common color from the primary coil.) ...second,look for the recifier diode( usually attached to the chassis or body of the motorcycle.)and check the wire attached on it..(the one wire is from the dynamo & the other one directly goes to the batery).test the wire from the dynamo if it has a power coming from it.If,there is a power from it then the secondary coil need not to be replaced..The next thing you must do is this:
if your batery does not charge,check first the rectifier diode or known as "charger" if it is shorted..You can check it by simply let the two terminals of the said diode to be switched or to swap each others socket..after doing this,while the motorcycle is working or firing,check the one wire of the diode which suppose to go through the batery if it has a power..if it has,it is surely the problem is in your diode or charger.you need to replace it
becos the use of the diode/charger is just a one way of passing electricity.,that when a power from a dynamo will go to the batery, it will not go back the said power from the batery itself to the said dynamo, and thats why batery draining will not happen..
i hope that i can help.send me a message if you still have a question..
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