pokeyjoe
High Miler
I just checked my 2016. Looks like the new wet alternators are 3-phase (three yellow wires).
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I just checked my 2016. Looks like the new wet alternators are 3-phase (three yellow wires).
I think the v7II uses a different one . It has 3 yellow wires instead of 2...but i m no electrician. I m waiting a go ahead from someone who bought this:So which one works on a 2013 since it looks like the V7II have a different VR? Is that one above for a 2013?
You used the same wiring on yours?That's the one, although I wouldn't bother installing the fused piece. Just the VR is all you need.
ThanksThe only wiring required are the one original ones from your existing VR.
Hi again , my local dealer is still of the opinion that there is nothing wrong with the way the vr is performing. He said that if guzzi saw that there is something wrong they would have made a recall.
You checked yours? I m finding it hard to change an oem thing from my bike just after 5000kms...i love to keep everything original on it... anyway the new vr is on the way so...Maybe the battery in these bikes can take that higher charging voltage? I'm wondering if this is an actual design, because why and how could all of these things charge high like this and out of spec? Maybe this is spec?
Totally agreeAs researched and reported earlier in this thread the OEM battery is a Yuasa AGM.
AGM batteries respond well to a higher voltage charge when they are discharged (better than a standard wet lead/acid).
But that means 14.8 rather than 14.4.
Once the battery is charged it must do something else with the excess charge. A more sophisticated charging system would reduce the charge at that point, but since this rudimentary system doesn't appear to do that continues charging at the same level will produce heat in the battery. The higher the charge, the greater the amount of heat and potential damage.
Do this repeatedly and/or long enough and you'll kill the battery.
As I noted much earlier in this thread the older and less used battery in our 11 Ducati 696 appears to be in much better shape than the younger and probably better maintained battery in our 13 V7.
And as I've said, even if the MG spec of 15.0V max appears to be questionable when compared with the battery manufacturer's recommendations, most 13-14 models appear to be testing ABOVE even that.
Bottom line, I don't think 15.1-15.5 is going to harm anything on the bike EXCEPT the battery whose life it will most certainly reduce. But why live with that risk if you don't have to?