checked it with both. They are within .2. However it is the same whether I have the amp in line (fuse in) or out of the circuit (fuse pulled on amp power wire). At this point I am under the impression that the battery may be on its way out????

 

I doubt that grounding in the fairing is going to be a good place. I bet you will hear from someone soon that you need to take the gorund to the battery.

 

marshall. The above is understood however I measured the resistance between the area I chose to ground the amp and the negative terminal of the battery and I saw 0ohms of resistance. This tells me that should be a good ground point.

Anyone else have any ideas?

 

I believe that is a constraint of the DMM. If you use a butt connector to join two pieces of spaeker wire a DMM may not measure an increase in resistance, but ther WILL be a voltage drop across the joint. I may not have simplified it enough but my point is when you consisder how the fairing, bars, and tripple tree is connected to the bike its really not a soild connection. Think about the bearings and the grease and those types of things and top that with the substantial amout of current that the amplifier draws and you can quickly see the issue.

 

What concerns me is the voltage remaining under 14v while riding. This is normally an indication that the voltage regulator is not operating as it should. That said. On a 16 you should not be having regulator problems. But anything is possible with these bikes! First thing I would do as others suggested is get the ground straight to the battery.

May or may not help. But it's a good place to start. At least you will know your power and ground is solid.

Secondly you need to make sure the battery is in good shape. A weak battery can cause all kinds of problems in these bikes especially with a new system install. Never hurts to throw a new battery in there.

After you replace the battery and you're still having the same problem with low voltage the only two things left is the regulator and the stator. The stators on a 16 are solid so I'd lean toward the regulator. Honestly, I think after you replace the battery. You're issue goes away.

 

Marshall/Gannicus,


Thanks for the info. I will move the gnd to the battery negative terminal and go from there.

 

Marshall/Gannicus,


Changed out the power wire for 4ga. and ran the negative to the battery terminal. Voltage is now sitting at 14.3 or so now and everything appears back to normal. Thanks for the input and help with getting this sorted.