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Turn Signal indicator creating pulsing issue.
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<blockquote data-quote="thewhiterhino" data-source="post: 6381" data-attributes="member: 158"><p>Welcome to the forum Joe</p><p></p><p>I have an 83 gl1100 Aspencade and I believe yours will have similar charging circuits. Your stator wiring will have 2 connectors, one at the regulator and one near the battery. They have three yellow wires that the connectors are notorious for not making good contact. They tend to over heat and cause voltage drop. Since the capacity of the charging system is only about 300 watts on the 83 it causes a drop of voltage and can cause the dimming you have noticed.</p><p>Do you have auxiliary lights other than the factory lights? The added load makes everything worse.</p><p>Add up your lamp and other loads and determine you watts of usage and see if you are near the max.</p><p>On the 83 and older the fix is to eliminate the connector near the battery and solder the wires direct.</p><p>If they are higher than normal resistance it will really stress your stator and eventually cause a failure.</p><p>If you have the usual load of auxiliary lights you can disable some of them to test and consider changing some of the lights to LEDs for a lighter load.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm sure others will give you their ideas also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thewhiterhino, post: 6381, member: 158"] Welcome to the forum Joe I have an 83 gl1100 Aspencade and I believe yours will have similar charging circuits. Your stator wiring will have 2 connectors, one at the regulator and one near the battery. They have three yellow wires that the connectors are notorious for not making good contact. They tend to over heat and cause voltage drop. Since the capacity of the charging system is only about 300 watts on the 83 it causes a drop of voltage and can cause the dimming you have noticed. Do you have auxiliary lights other than the factory lights? The added load makes everything worse. Add up your lamp and other loads and determine you watts of usage and see if you are near the max. On the 83 and older the fix is to eliminate the connector near the battery and solder the wires direct. If they are higher than normal resistance it will really stress your stator and eventually cause a failure. If you have the usual load of auxiliary lights you can disable some of them to test and consider changing some of the lights to LEDs for a lighter load. I'm sure others will give you their ideas also. [/QUOTE]
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