Swiss 5 pin regulator

[Geocamper]

Are these decent quality regulators or are there any better on the market?

[Donnie]

nothing wrong with them at all, indian, work well, will trickle charge your battery.

[Geocamper]

Cheers Donnie. Just what I wanted to hear

[bristolmod]

I'm electronically "challenged" (i.e. I'm even thicker when it comes to electrics!) Can I simply replace the current regulator on my set up with a 5 pin one and then run a lead to a new 12v battery to charge it?

Chris

[Shipleystevep]

Yes Chris, you can

[bristolmod]

many thanks!

[shocky]

The charge will only be trickle though so if usec for a long time will go flat and will require either recharging at home or many hours riding without any draw on it

[HxPaul]

I thought you needed a DC stator plate to charge your battery.

[rosscla]

All stator plates are AC, you wire them differently for different applications.

Regulator - one end of the lighting coils is earthed, either at the stator or externally. The regulator restricts the output to 12V on positive and negative sides (or is that 6 either way??) and bleeds the rest of as heat. They will produce AC.

Rectifier - both ends of the lighting coils are connected to the the rectifier which inverts and smooths the output as DC.

[HxPaul]

I'm afraid I'm in the same situation as bristolmod when it comes to wiring,all I know is that you need a DC stator plate to charge a battery because it has an extra wire that goes to the 5 pin regulator and a wire that comes from the regulator to the battery.