1991 Johnson Fastrike 150 my taco is working but my battery doesn’t seem to charge like it use too. Would my tach still work if rectifier is bad or could it be the battery??
1991 Johnson Fastrike 150 my taco is working but my battery doesn’t seem to charge like it use too. Would my tach still work if rectifier is bad or could it be the battery??
1990 374V Ranger Still kickin' bass after all these years
It is possible as the rectifier has a separate circuit that takes one of the AC voltages from the stator and converts them into a square wave signal the feeds the tach.
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How would I test to see if the rectifier is bad or going??? Every other time I had to replace the rectifier my tach never worked and that is how I knew the rectifier was bad.
Connect a clip-on ammeter to the positive battery cable. Run the battery down a bit using pumps and lights, trim, jackplate,etc. Then start the motor up and watch the charging amps on the ammeter at idle and at about 3000 rpm
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Ok thank you and sorry for your loss my friend
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