I was flushing in the driveway after a trip and turned off the battery switch rather than the ignition, the motor ran for about 5 seconds disconnected from the battery before I killed the ignition.
The tach was shot after this so I got a new regulator (CDI - love their stuff). Put that in, the tach was still gone, replaced the tach, which now reads 1000rpm until the key is turned then drops to zero (normal) but never moves beyond zero.
My main concern is the voltage while underway, it's reading 16.5V. That's with the new regulator. I called CDI and they said the battery was the issue, never run a maintenance free or deep cycle battery on the regulator. I've got one group 27 deep cycle and one group 24 starting battery on a A-B-both switch. Both batteries are wallyworld Maxx batteries. The tech suggested I get a new marine starting battery and only run that on the motors charging system, keeping the deep cycle for accessories and charging that on shore, not through the regulator.
I also asked if running the rig as is on 16+V would hurt anything, answered not really. Might this fry the stator? Could the battery really be the problem?
I've got a 10amp stator on this motor the regulator is rated for 35amps.
Seems to me this new regulator is fried too or was defective to begin with as the tach doesn't work. Both batteries read 12.6 and 12.8V after sitting a couple days.
The tach was shot after this so I got a new regulator (CDI - love their stuff). Put that in, the tach was still gone, replaced the tach, which now reads 1000rpm until the key is turned then drops to zero (normal) but never moves beyond zero.
My main concern is the voltage while underway, it's reading 16.5V. That's with the new regulator. I called CDI and they said the battery was the issue, never run a maintenance free or deep cycle battery on the regulator. I've got one group 27 deep cycle and one group 24 starting battery on a A-B-both switch. Both batteries are wallyworld Maxx batteries. The tech suggested I get a new marine starting battery and only run that on the motors charging system, keeping the deep cycle for accessories and charging that on shore, not through the regulator.
I also asked if running the rig as is on 16+V would hurt anything, answered not really. Might this fry the stator? Could the battery really be the problem?
I've got a 10amp stator on this motor the regulator is rated for 35amps.
Seems to me this new regulator is fried too or was defective to begin with as the tach doesn't work. Both batteries read 12.6 and 12.8V after sitting a couple days.