After selling my 96 FE600e a few years ago, I have always wanted a Husaberg since. I recently picked up at 2005 FS450c (supermoto) that actually has a title and plates, but never got wired for lights. It has a starter and a battery, but does not charge the battery when running. I purchased all the neccesary items to wire up the lights (tail, tailight, turn signals and switch, head light, etc.) but am having trouble finding information on voltage regulation. My stator does have four wires coming out of it; two going to the ignition unit, and two that go in an unused connector (yellow and white)
Ideally, I would like to keep the battery and starter removed for weight, simplicty, etc. and therefore do not need a rectifier for charging the battery. I was a car/bike mechanic for many years but never dealt with A/C voltage other than checking A/C voltage on the usual three wire stators that almost every Japanese street bike has (and maybe some crankshaft position sensors). So I have some questions....
1. Why does the Husaberg stator only have two A/C voltage wires comign out of it? I was always under the impression that you needed three wires (to get three phases) to make cleaner D/C voltage without large gaps.
2. Do any of the Husabergs come with simply a voltage regulator, NOT a rectifier/regulator? If so, who sells them and how do you wire it up? All the wiring diagrams in the repair manual show rectifier/regulator combos only.
3. How many different stators/magnet combinations were there in 2005? I'm pretty sure I have the one designed for lighting and charging the battery, because the wiring diagrams show the four wire stator on the bikes with lights and the two wire on the bikes without lights. Before wiring up the lights, I checked A/C voltage with my multimeter on one of two unused the wires (yellow wire I think, wiring diagram says this wire powers the lights) and it seemed too high based off what I know about converting A/C RMS voltage to D/C (divide by square root of 2, right?). IIRC, it was around 20V near redline. I hooked up the tail light just to see, and like curiousity killed the cat, the bulb blew when I revved it up past a certain point.
4. Can turn signals run off the A/C voltage? I have heard the flasher won't work with A/C voltage (makes sense to me), but perhaps a capacitor can be installed to change this...
Thanks In Advance.
Ideally, I would like to keep the battery and starter removed for weight, simplicty, etc. and therefore do not need a rectifier for charging the battery. I was a car/bike mechanic for many years but never dealt with A/C voltage other than checking A/C voltage on the usual three wire stators that almost every Japanese street bike has (and maybe some crankshaft position sensors). So I have some questions....
1. Why does the Husaberg stator only have two A/C voltage wires comign out of it? I was always under the impression that you needed three wires (to get three phases) to make cleaner D/C voltage without large gaps.
2. Do any of the Husabergs come with simply a voltage regulator, NOT a rectifier/regulator? If so, who sells them and how do you wire it up? All the wiring diagrams in the repair manual show rectifier/regulator combos only.
3. How many different stators/magnet combinations were there in 2005? I'm pretty sure I have the one designed for lighting and charging the battery, because the wiring diagrams show the four wire stator on the bikes with lights and the two wire on the bikes without lights. Before wiring up the lights, I checked A/C voltage with my multimeter on one of two unused the wires (yellow wire I think, wiring diagram says this wire powers the lights) and it seemed too high based off what I know about converting A/C RMS voltage to D/C (divide by square root of 2, right?). IIRC, it was around 20V near redline. I hooked up the tail light just to see, and like curiousity killed the cat, the bulb blew when I revved it up past a certain point.
4. Can turn signals run off the A/C voltage? I have heard the flasher won't work with A/C voltage (makes sense to me), but perhaps a capacitor can be installed to change this...
Thanks In Advance.
