No Voltage From Charging System

By Mark DiPietro

Question for Fix My Hog

I’ve got a 1996 FLSTC that’s not charging.
New Stator
New Rotor
New Voltage Regulator
5-month-old AGM battery

No matter what, I don’t receive voltage from the charging system to the battery. Testing completed. Stator/rotor putting out 22-45 volts at the plug.
Voltage regulator not bleeding power. Produces 13-8 -14.5 volts with the bike running at the circuit breaker wire.
Once I connect it to the circuit breaker, the battery doesn’t receive the charging voltage. I’ve cleaned all grounds and properly tightened them all. It’s hard to suspect the circuit breaker when everything else works as it should with the bike running. It’s just not charging at all.

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Fix My Hog Answers

Make sure that the regulator is grounded and that the regulator wire is attached to the main breaker (30 amp).
Make sure the main breaker is good. Replace it if it’s original.
If still nothing, you can run an 16 or 18 gauge wire from the copper post of the main breaker, and run it to the starter post (with the positive cable).

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4 Responses to “No Voltage From Charging System”

  1. Roger Cobb

    Where r spacers supposed to go on 95 ultra classic Electra glide stayor and rotor

  2. Stephen McCue

    You need to remember that the self-healing Circuit Breakers are one way. Coper is input (Battery), Silver is outgoing (other breakers and circuits). Reversed wiring won't let the circuit breaker set. Bad Crimps overheat the circuit breakers. Check the Eye-Connector crimps.

  3. Lee Davidson

    2013 trigluide when I back it in my garage a few hours later the battery is dead why

  4. Brian Abraham

    The check engine and battery light comes on after starting they go off after maybe 5mins then the Voltage gauge goes up and remains at 14+. It's a '12 Electra Glide CVO. Suggestions?