Question about hooking up Cycle Electric Gen

[Razdog]

I have tried a couple of searches to answer this question, and my Clymer manual only has black and white diagrams that are too small to read the wire colors.

I am trying to hook up a new to me Cycle Electric generator with the attached regulator. I understand the "B" goes to the battery, and the "L" goes to the warning light.

My old Hitachi generator used a separate regulator mounted at the the front of the frame, except it uses a special connector for the red, green , and tan wires.

I believe that I need to remove the connector so I am left with a red and tan wire which I then connect per the Cycle Electric directions.

Just need some confirmation... I really don't want to fry this generator! Additionally, how should I polarize it since the regulator is already attached?

[puppybreath]

Sales information states that the cycle electric doesn't need polarizing.

The wire for the light is grounded to turn on the light, (from literature, not experience) So grounding it is a decent test.

Would say you have it right.

I like that generator, it's what I'm running on the 77, only issue I have is that the terminals are too 'open' and need a good protective cover. (dropped keys while preparing for test run, spark city.)

[Razdog]

My bike has been sitting in the garage all summer, so I wanted to double check. I saw what Cycle Electric said about polarizing, but I did buy it used, and Clymer says to do it every time too.

Got it running, and it is running well now. Thanks for confirming it.

[steve0suprem0]

I'm assuming you have red going to B and tan to L?

[Razdog]

Yep. I just did not have a good way to look at the wires, and I did not want to make a mistake.