Road test done today.
Had a couple of hours ride today to test the jackets (Keis J501 & the Keis inner gloves).
I put the heated grips on 50%, to ensure I had the backup if required, I had my jacket set to low, Deb had hers set to medium, plus her inner gloves (no control over those, just plugged into the jacket). Both settings were more than enough on a day where the temperature was between 5* and 8*.
With the n/s low beam switched
off, at anything over 3000rpm I was seeing 14v most of the time, occasionally 14.1 or 14.2, is that the grips or jacket thermostat switching???
At tick over, traffic lights etc. I would see 12.5v but as that would only be for 2/3 minutes I wasn’t too concerned.
With the n/s low beam switched
on at 3000rpm and above I was seeing 13.5v.
I didn’t take a reading at tick over, but I’m presuming it would be around 12v or less!
I took a reading straight across the battery with a multimeter about two hours after arriving home and got 12.79v. so I’m thinking it’s been charging OK.
I’m still not sure about having the stator working quite that hard for long periods, right or wrong, so I think I might have a look at some LED headlight bulbs to save on some of the power draw.