speirmoor said:
I'm expecting my podronics rectifier later this week so will the assimilator still be required?
This is simply a sensor for a dummy light to tell you if your system is charging or not. I believe that before the Peds units and the like, the stator worked full out and the zener would dump the surplus which sort of made the assimulator sensable. With the peds unit, the stator only works as hard as it needs to, hence extending the life and effenciency of the stator.
At this point I would suspend testing until the Pedtronics unit is in place and the assimulator, the regulator and the zener is out of the system.
To answer your question, my lights on the lamp shell are, red lamp left to indicate left turn, green lamp right to indicate right turn and yellow in the middle to show high beam. Dummy lights for dummies like me who forget the turn signal all the freakin time. I still forget them, but this helps.
With your electical system updated and the load releaved from the stator the assimulator can go in the ever growing spares bin. Purests may cringe a little.
Your only issue remaining is to tell how well you stator is generating. 13v at 2000rpm is ok but should jump to a little over 14v or so at 2500rpm and above, but as mentioned before, save some effort and wait for the Peds unit.
And if I may add, the capacitor/battery eliminator (the other blue thingy by the battery), if you have one, is also a waist of resources and is rumoured to raise havic with EI boxes. Just not needed any more. Purests may cringe a little.
These things I say are from experience and not just heresay and although I speak of my 750, this info also applies to the MKIII in this regard. Some may agree, some may not.
