OK Barry, I'll have my Venison steak medium please!! Ron[/quote]You’ll have to settle for corn fed Mallard Ron. My buddy and I got a 14 bird limit in 1.5 hours in Idaho this morning. Followed by 3 hours of cleaning and packaging.
remove the D&F wires, put two temporary wires in their place and connect them together and use these as your live feed to a high value bulb (12v is best) earth the bulb to the dynamo or thereabouts and start the bike up. The bulb should light up and glow brighter as you rev the engine. A good dynamo can blow a 6V bulb, hence the 12V suggestion.
Also you should be wired Negative earth with a neg earth DVR2. You might have lost polarity to your dynamo which takes just seconds to fix. Ron
Before connecting any electronic regulator to the system you should first check that the wiring circuit is functioning correctly without short circuits using a charged battery...Next you should check the output from the dynamo and its polarity to ensure it is correct for the polarity of the regulator you have...
I generally check output with a multi meter so that you know the voltage you are actually producing.....If output is OK, polarity is correct and the circuit is good, then connect the regulator...NOT BEFORE!.....If you connect an electronic regulator to an output of the wrong polarity it will usually 'blow' instantly and that will be the end of it....
Don't forget that when the battery is fully charged the system will not produce any current...It responds to a drop in battery voltage when the load of the lights reduces the battery voltage to a given level. The regulator then 'cuts in' the dynamo output until the system voltage is rebalanced and then 'cuts out' again...Ian
Sorry gentlemen. I had to drive up to Washington state to pick up a bike and it took all day to get up there and back. I’ll try your suggestions and report back. I have several generator vintage Harleys and the manual states that the generator should be polarized every time the battery is disconnected. This is done with a short jumper at the regulator. Not sure if this is the case here.
I think the Harley's run a 3 brush generator system with a cut out instead of a regulator. Just follow the Lucas instructions. The DVR2's are more robust that others, so hopefully no damage is done.
And yes you have the correct period 40W dynamo. Ron
I tried both the 12v light bulb and the multi meter and got no output from the dynamo. Manual suggested checking the brushes. I found one that wouldn’t move in the holder. Removed it and dressed the sides. Also, commutator was dark so cleaned it with gas soaked rag as per manual. Put it back together and voila working now. Slightly over 12 o’clock position with headlight on. Not showing charge with light off but I had fully charged the battery so that’s normal per Ian. Weather not permitting road test but hopefully, that will happen before the snow flies. The advice from you both is greatly appreciated. No stranger to wrenching on bikes but this one is a different animal altogether.
Thanks again.
