Re: help with a clipper!!
If the component is rectangular shaped with a visible epoxy filling, that is indeed a "clipper circuit" which is no longer necessary and you can eliminate it.<br /><br />If on the other hand, you're speaking of a round dome type component, the dome being about 1" high and possibly also 1" round, which has a sort of triangular shaped base, that is a rectifier which is absolutely needed to convert AC voltage coming from the stator to DC voltage which is required to change the battery.<br /><br />Note that you can go a large a battery as you desire, as long as the voltage remains 12 volts.<br /><br />You can test the rectifier as follows:<br /><br />(Small Rectifier Test)<br />(J. Reeves)<br /> <br />Remove the rectifier wires from the terminal block. Using a ohm meter, connect the black lead of the ohm meter to the rectifier base (ground), then one by one, connect the red lead of the ohm meter to the yellow, yellow/gray, then the red wire (some rectifiers may also have a yellow/blue wire. If so connect to that also). Now, reverse the ohm meter leads and check those same wires again. You should get a reading in one direction, and none at all in the other direction. <br /><br />Now, connect the black lead of the ohm meter to the red wire. One by one, connect the red lead of the ohm meter to the yellow, yellow/gray, and if present, the yellow/blue wire. Then reverse the leads, checking the wires again. Once more, you should get a reading in one direction and none in the other. <br /><br />Note that the reading obtained from the red rectifier wire will be lower then what is obtained from the other wires. <br /><br />Any deviation from the "Reading", "No Reading" as above indicates a faulty rectifier. Note that a rectifier will not tolerate reverse polarity. Simply touching the battery with the cables in the reverse order or hooking up a battery charger backwards will blow the diodes in the rectifier assy immediately.
