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Trent Kirby from ElectroSport explains Stators and Regulator/Rectifiers
KB: Kyle Bradshaw here from Cruiser Customizing here with Trent of ElectroSport and it's really
we went over your product offerings and you guys have a vast collection of items that
are available for cruiser, sport, dirt bikes, you name it.
Today, we wanna dig into stators. If you can give us a little background of stators, what
exactly it does, what are the features and benefits of stators, what they offer over
OEM, that will be a huge help for us here in Cruiser Customizing.
TK: Yeah, not a problem Kyle. The biggest difference between this and the OEM visually
by looking at it is just the blue coating that we use over the copper wires.The grommet's
the same, the connector's the same. Basically, what this blue coating is is epoxy coating
that help dissipate heat. Under this coating is a bunch of copper wires, are copper wires
that we use, for example, on this Goldwing stator is ground with thicker gauge to produce
more output and create lesser resistance on this coils.
KB: A lot of these have stock connectors and this one here has 3 bare wires. Do most units
come with connectors that plug and play or you'll have to do something with the wires;
solder them, splice them; how do you install those, Trent?
TK: A lot of stators that we have are plug and play but there are some that are not.
We are quickly working on the grommets and the connectors to make them plug and play.
KB: This spins around in oil, right?
TK: The stator itself is actually stationary. The flywheel is what spins over this unit.
What you do is there's 5 bolt, there's 3 bolt holes here that we're gonna mount in the sidecase
cover. The grommet gets pushed into the cover and the wires just simply plug in to the OEM
wiring harness. This is what actually sits in the flywheel itself which is what's creating
the electrical charge.
KB: I know the stator's great for replacing by adding additional lighting. Anything electrical
that you're gonna be pulling off from the motorcycle, a new stator's definitely the
way to go. Now, how do you know if you need a new stator if you're just running a bike
that you have never had an issue with.
TK: If you're going down the road and the battery just quits and your bike just won't
start, more likely there's an electrical issue going on, it could be the stator regulator
or the battery. That's the way to check it is definitely, keep an eye on it, check for
the current coming out of the stator to make sure that's good. If it's below what the recommended
service manual is, I would definitely look at replacing that as soon as possible because
that the way to do it.
KB: To recap the basic differences here, the dirt bikes stators are gonna likely to run
headlights, tail lights, turn signals, off of a motorcycle that we didn't typically have
to begin with .
TK: That's correct.
KB: And there's the street stators that are gonna be more generic plug and play for the
OEM.
PART 2****************
KB: Kyle Bradshaw here from Cruiser Customizing here with Trent from ElectroSport who's gonna
teach us a little about the regulator rectifier.
So this is an interesting component. It pretty much plugs and plays on most applications.
When do you know if you're gonna need a new regulator rectifier?
TK: You'll know if you need a regulator rectifier either when your battery boils over or if
you got a multimeter in your bike and have a voltage surge of 14.5 volts or if you're
not charging within 12.3 volts.
KB: So, you're saying is the regulator rectifier can fail even during action?Either it's not
allowing enough current to go to you're battery or you're sending so much current to the battery
that your battery is boiling and exploding.
TK: That's correct. If your bike is undercharging, typically the rectifier side of the regulator
rectifier is failing, and if the motorcycle is overcharging, the regulator side has failed.
But because the unit's are all one piece, you have to replace the whole unit.
KB: So, if I had a regulator rectifier failure in my motorcycle, could I replace it with
your unit or do I have to put your stator on it before replacing with a new regulator
rectifier?
TK: With our regulator rectifiers, you can replace some with your OEM unit. If your Kawasaki
one failed, you can replace with our unit. You wouldn't have to upgrade the stator. Internally,
they're pretty much the same as an OEM, just with higher diodes and air temperature sorter
and internally, the circuit board is much beefier than the OEM but they're completely
compatible with OEM stators.
KB: The price of the OEM versus the price of yours. You guys are using upgraded connectors,
upgraded circuit boards, upgraded wiring, but the cost of your units is roughly half
the cost of the OEMs. So Trent, working from the top down, the stator produces the power,
but it produces it in AC. Then it transfers it to the regulator rectifier that then transfers
that power from AC to DC because the motorcycle runs off on DC.
TK: That's correct.
KB: And the regulator part of the regulator rectifier then regulates the amount of that
power that then gets put to the battery,see it staying within the legal limits.
TK: That's correct.
Stators and regulator rectifier explained by Trent Kirby.
Thank you for watching this week's Cruiser Customizing Tip of the Week. Until next week,
take care and ride safe.