What are the things that make a regulator quite working... When mine went out the only thing I could find was lose battery cables, not sure if this was the cause?!?!

 

Well, loose cables will cause problems. The regulator is encapsulated, so you can't repair it. Doesn't really matter what made it go bad. If it tests bad replace it.

 

Yeah it matters,so I can prevent it from happing again, or look for possible mishaps so I can prevent them😇

 

OK..Some common causes of failure are:
-Bad connections in the charging circuit
-Bad stator or rotor
-Short in the charging circuit
-internal component failure

 

Aside from what you said, especially the part about preventing it from happening again.

And what NHrider1 said are very true


El Gringo You should remember all electrical components will eventually fail and sometimes its a result of nothing other than "it just failed" if the failure was induced by somthing like what nhrider1 said then it can be prolonged.

 

As stated before, sometimes electrical components fail for no specific (or better yet, no reasone one can diagnose) at the time.
As for these rect/regs, heat is a big cause of failure. These things get very hot..start your bike and feel it after a few minutes..it will be hot.

Internally are a few diodes and a silicon rectifier..basically a little switch controlled by small currents.

Bad grounds, stator malfunctions, bad voltages and of course high heat are some causes for burnout.

Bad grounds are a major cause of many electrical problems ranging from low voltages to components not working.

Heat is a big killer of these components. For instance, Some boat engine manufacturers started mounting the rect/reg on top of the cooling water covers so the water would help dissipate the heat.