Ok, I pulled the Voltage Regulator / Rectifier (VRR) out and have been learning so much in the forums.
Apparently when these guys go bad they can send too much current to the battery. That might be why my Lithium Battery was cooked.
I found that a lot of people have been pushing the MOSFET FH020AA VRRs and have been very happy with them. Apparently they work completely differently on the inside.
That led me to http://www.roadstercycle.com/ (warning, it’s not a pretty website) and that led me to the video channel where I found out how to check both my VRR and Stator. That kind of stuff really helps me as I’m so not an electrical person.
Checking out the VRR:
Here’s the video instructions…
And here’s my results…
Yeah, that third one should be a big fat ZERO so it looks like I do have a bad VRR.
Checking out the Stator:
Here’s the video instructions…
And here’s my results…
My Voltmeter Setting: I think that’s for 200 ohms.
First of all I didn’t get the same .9 that he did in the video. Is that important? I don’t know. B to C wouldn’t go down to the same 1.6 either. The best I could get was a 3.0 but it might also be that my crappy multimeter leads were falling apart too. The red metal probe part actually pulled out just before the B to C test. So it could be that.
As for the ground portion, they all checked out fine.
So it looks like I’ll be buying a Super MOSFET FH020AA kit from Jack.
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