Extra Black wire on Indian stator???

[Donnie]

I've accidentally posted this in the tech faq but it's more suited to this section so if a mod sees this can they delete the other thread, sorry.

So, last time I fitted an electronic kit was probably 5 years ago and today been helping a mate rebuild complete engine, new exhaust, carb and 12v indian electronic kit.

All is good and it's running but the stator has 5 wires not 4, the extra being a black and I've not come across this before.

So, anyone know the story behind this rogue wire at all, Im assuming its safe to insulate / blank off?

[Adam_Winstone]

Where does it come from? Has it been added to one end of the lighting coils, rather than going to the earth tag, so that it can be used for 12V DC or put to earth as 12V AC?

[Grumpy225]

For some reason a lot of SIL stators will have 2 ground wires, one white and one black. You can choose to connect it to your regulator ground if you like or frame ground. As long as your standard ground points are good it's just extra. If your frame is powder coated or otherwise has poor ground points you can use it.

[Donnie]

we should have looked when the stator wasn't fitted to suss where it was coming from doh!

Anyway, we've multimetered it and it had no power coming from it at all so we've just isolated it in the end.