Re: Regulator melt down
I was thinking about relocating CDI now but I know it body grounds to the motor block, how do your wire it up remotely. Also my wiring has only four wires :Red(+bat) 2-yellow(stator), Grey(Tach) I beileve CDI is coming with either 5 or 6 wires. I have read that one of the red wires from the CDI is not used and I hope the 6th wire is black(ground) so I can use it for the remote location.
Any ideas
Five and 6 wire regulators will handle up to 20 amps.
The two yellows go to the stator.
The 2 reds both go to battery. hook both up.
The grey wire goes to tach. On a 40 amp system, only one is hooked up.
The black wire goes to ground, or else the system is grounded through the case.
Remote mounting, just be sure you have a stiff ground return to the engine frame or Battery negative. I'd use 10 G wire. Any voltage developed across the ground wire corrupts the operation of the regulator circuit.
You can remote 5 wire units by bolting them to a metal plate. You should anyway for heat transfer to air. If the mounting plates, or heat sinks, are isolated, you can actually safely and effectively wire them into a 12/24 V charging circuit (dual reg 40 amp system)
Actually, if there's a proper place on the engine for a CDI regulator on a 16 amp system, it should be fine. I'd just solder the yellow and red wires.
hope it helps
John