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BelgiqueBasterd · Dec 30, 2007

Can someone tell me, preferably in not too big words

, what exactly does the regulator and the regulator/rectifier do in the electrical system of a Husaberg.

I've let both out when I redid my wiring loom and both front and tail light blew immediately when I started. So they obviously need to be in there

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DaleEO · Dec 30, 2007

Hi Belgique,

Regulator, this device regulates the voltage in the AC system that runs your lighting system. It shunts to ground anything above say 13 volts. If it is not there your lighting system can see as much as 50 volts. That's what I measured when my regulator went out on my 01 and it was blowing bulbs.

Regulator/Rectifier this device turns the A/C voltage into D/C voltage for your battery. It too has a regulator that limits the voltage to about 13 or 14 volts. It also determines the amount of charge that is put to your battery.

How's that?

BelgiqueBasterd · Jan 16, 2008

New question, why does my bike have a regulator and a regulator/rectifier? Bikes without blinkers (according to the manual) only have the regulator/rectifier unit.

bike is a 2002 650 with lights blinkers,...

ned37 · Jan 16, 2008

they are hooked up in 2 separate circuits from the stator. one yellow wire feeds the reg/rect and thus the battery circuit and all it controls, the other feeds the ac lighting and does not need to be converted to dc, just needs regulation so the lamps won't see overvoltage and blow.

BelgiqueBasterd · Jan 16, 2008

ned37 said:
they are hooked up in 2 separate circuits from the stator. one yellow wire feeds the reg/rect and thus the battery circuit and all it controls, the other feeds the ac lighting and does not need to be converted to dc, just needs regulation so the lamps won't see overvoltage and blow.

What about LED lights do they need AC or DC?

I've wired it like this, ok or wrong:

1 yellow wire into the regulator and the rectifier/regulator, then from there to the blinkers, head-, brake-, tail light.

Wille the regulator and the regulator/rectifier on the same wire give a conflict?

johnpan · Jan 16, 2008

LEDs need DC of course. Typical LEDs need about 2Volts, 0.5 Amps top, but LED lights use bigger LEDS and usually they are more than 20 in the light.

BelgiqueBasterd · Jan 16, 2008

johnpan said:
LEDs need DC of course. Typical LEDs need about 2Volts, 0.5 Amps top, but LED lights use bigger LEDS and usually they are more than 20 in the light.

Well I can guarantee you they will work on AC, not very long

but still they do work on AC

ned37 · Jan 16, 2008

it should be the lights yellow tee'd into the regulator (if you want to run dc to the led taillight, you'll need a double pole switch with one side for the ac headlite, one using the reg/rect output for the tail). or just forget the regulator and see if you can run both lites off the dc circuit. (my '04 doesn't have enough output to do my 55w head and led tail and still charge the bat)

johnpan · Jan 16, 2008

BelgiqueBasterd said:
johnpan said:

LEDs need DC of course. Typical LEDs need about 2Volts, 0.5 Amps top, but LED lights use bigger LEDS and usually they are more than 20 in the light.

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Well I can guarantee you they will work on AC, not very long but still they do work on AC

not very long, yes, but this is only because they are not ment to work with DC. LEDs are diodes, they allow current only to one direction. There is a voltage limit, in which they break their resistance and allow the current to both sides, but this eventually destroys them and of course they still produce light ONLY in one current direction.

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