What Did You Do With Your Commando Today?

I will add that I also have all LED lighting, a Tri-spark voltage regulator, and a cNw e-start. The last stator that I installed I went back to a 10.5 A single phase and I've had no issues starting the bike--maybe this is why I finally resolved my stator melting issue? Could I have been overheating the system with the 14.5 A 3 phase stators that were melting?

I did a quick calculation on the lighting burden Incandescent lamps Vs LEDs

Riding with dip beam, pilot, tail light and instrument lights on Incandescent = 74Watts, LED = 4.7Watts
That's a difference of 69.3Watts . Assuming battery voltage of 13.8v, the difference in current drawn would be 5Amps.

I would suggest that the 3 phase 14.5Amp stator is more suited to incandescent lamps while the 3 phase 10Amp stator is suited to LEDs

Also, the O.P. has a lithium battery fitted, which hasn't yet been mentioned in this thread (I think)

concours said:

Also, the O.P. has a lithium battery fitted, which hasn't yet been mentioned in this thread (I think)

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I also have a 21 AH Shorai lithium battery installed.

I too have had stator rubbing issues albeit very minor but audible but no melting at all although some unsightly cracking but charging is fine.

At Nigel’s recommendation I too had 0.01” machined off the rotor to give 0.02”‘clearance

Just been out and my screeching noise has gone but I’ll be keeping a close eye on things in case it was something else altogether

Café au Lait said:

Just been out and my screeching noise has gone

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You sure it wasn’t your pillion ??