1999 115 Mercury regulator gone bad

[Mackfish1]

I have been having problems with my engine as I have posted in the forums. I have found that I have wires from my regulator have been the issue. The two yellow ones are cooked. I have the regulator on order but I am wondering what else could be wrong. What would cause the regulator to cook like that?

thanks for any help!!!

 

[Texasmark]

Under the flywheel are two different functional sets of coils. One is for triggers, the other for charging. If your yellow wires are toasted it says your shorted rectifier/regulator pulled too much current from the battery charging coils (alternator) and if the yellow wires are toast you can expect the rest of the circuit is too. I think that engine uses the 16 amp regulator which is painted red. You can (as I recall) look up under the flywheel with it in place and see the color which designates amperage. Need that too I'd bet.