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ducKhunt

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Hey guys
I need some electrical help

I'm wondering what happens to the electricity generated by the stator to run the bike? I would think that normally if it was a battery the charge would run from positive, well truly negative, through the system and would run into the negative terminal of the battery. So the energy from the stator is like the positive terminal of the battery? So it runs through the system and instead of going to a negative terminal of a battery it flows to the ground wire that gets connected to the frame, through the bike and into the earth? Since my system has the stator and a battery if I were to instead connect the ground wire from the stator into the negative terminal of my battery would this help to recharge it? If not is there any way to hook up my current stator somehow to help recharge my battery?

thanks.
 
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Or wait crap... Stator is producing AC and battery is using DC correct? So same question about the ground wire from the stator if this is where the charge eventually flows can I convert this easily and compactly somehow into dc and let it flow back into the battery?
 
ducKhunt said:
How do I get the stator to charge the battery up? And does it make enough power to run the ignition system and charge a battery?
You can't run the ignition AND charge the battery off the ignition stator coil. Electricity takes the easiest path to ground. Do you have a lighting stator coil?
 
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Wait what? I would like to charge it off the stator I have if possible. Earlier I didn't mean the ground wire that was coming off the ignition coil I mean the ground wire that was coming off the stage 3 wiring. There's a ground wire from the coil and one from the wiring. I was wondering if the power from the system flows into the ground wire off the wiring harness and if so if that power can somehow be used to charge my battery?
 
There are one or more coils on the stator. The primary (ignition) stator coil charges the secondary (ignition) coil which fires the spark plug. If you try to charge a battery using the primary coil you'll lose spark. If your stator has lighting coil(s), you can charge a battery of them if you rectify and regulate the voltage.
 
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Is it possible to wire another coil onto my stator and use this to charge the battery? If this is possible would it be hard to do? Thanks for all your help so far vintage.
 
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Yea I know Baja designs has a lighting one. If its too difficult I won't mess with it, like I said earlier I'm not apt to screw around with a 1000$ system. The idea of charging the battery off the stator is fun but if its too much trouble ill just charge the battery after every time I run the bike at home. The battery is mainly there for the nitrous. The lights and stuff are there just to satisfy the stupid DMV. Only time ill really use em is around the cops.
 
I think he is running the lights off a battery, vintage. One of the pics that was posted has the lights on , but the pipe has the plug in it still. I'm pretty sure ducky didn't have the bike running when that pic was taken...
 
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Yea bike was off. I'm running both front and back lights from the battery as well as the nitrous system. It would actually be really sweet if I could run both off the stator.
 
A stock stator has poles that aren't wrapped. You can get magnet wire to make your own. I don't have a clue what the stage 3 looks like but a stock stator can be wired easily.
I've done it and it works well for about $15.
 
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