How to test a stator

[redneck66]

Re: How to test a stator

on 1989-1995 60-70 hp it say on power side wires are orange to orange/black ohms 450-550 11-22 v.

 

[huntingtheworld]

Re: How to test a stator

Ok sweet.sound like its good then.im glad it's only a 20 doller regulator.

 

[Jim Hawkins]

Re: How to test a stator

Ok sweet.sound like its good then.im glad it's only a 20 doller regulator.

But what makes you think it's the regulator? Did you test it?

It could all be just a bad ground connection.

 

[Fed]

Re: How to test a stator

Model number?
The charge coil has nothing to do with charging the battery it's an ignition component.
Normal stator test for the alternator coils is a resistance test and the correct resistance depends on the model.
Model number?

 

[huntingtheworld]

Re: How to test a stator

Ok I'm back again.i bought a regulator and don't think I needed one smh.sometimes I will not listen.and also found out my meters battery was about dead.i think I've been getting false readings.now with a fresh battery in it it's showing only 2 wires are getting ac coming from the stator.the 3rd wire nothing.what would the problem be? Motor number is e60elcod.
Thanks

 

[huntingtheworld]

Re: How to test a stator

Another thing my key stared acting up recently I have to wiggle it to cut it off? Could I be grounding it out?i also cut a lead from my meter on the stator base then to the stator wires and it beeped.then I turned the key on and their was a constant beep. If that matters.

 

[huntingtheworld]

Re: How to test a stator

Another thing my key stared acting up recently I have to wiggle it to cut it off? Could I be grounding it out?i also cut a lead from my meter on the stator base then to the stator wires and it beeped.then I turned the key on and their was a constant beep. If that matters.

When checking ohms on the stator it reads .58 and .38 and .65 and nothing to ground it.

 

[Fed]

Re: How to test a stator

It looks like that motor has a 4 Amp stator so I can only estimate the resistance value going on other models.

35 Amp = 0.17 Ohms
9 Amp = 0.7 Ohms
6 Amp =1.3 Ohms
These values are also approx plus or minus 7%.

So, your 4 Amp stator should have a resistance of approximately 2.4 Ohms.

Short the meter leads together to make sure it reads zero before testing.

 

[Fed]

Re: How to test a stator

Your keyswitch actually grounds the ignition to turn the motor off (reverse to what you think) so if you have to wiggle it it to shut down then the switch contacts can't be closing reliably.

 

[Fed]

Re: How to test a stator

BTW, I'm not familiar with 3 wires coming from the stator and can only guess one is for the tacho.
Hopefully someone with a manual can add some input for this & also exact resistance values.

I should add all the tests should be done with the wires disconnected.

 

[huntingtheworld]

Re: How to test a stator

BTW, I'm not familiar with 3 wires coming from the stator and can only guess one is for the tacho.
Hopefully someone with a manual can add some input for this & also exact resistance values.

I should add all the tests should be done with the wires disconnected.

Ok I took the flywheel off and found a black spot on a tab that held the wire down.dont know if it came from someone elce and it was fixed or what.but I put black tape where I seen it. I put it back together and now I'm getting around 5 ac at idle and at rev 17 out of all the wires.this thing is driving me crazy! And the wires were un hooked when I tested the stator running. And I check the battery when revved and nothing above 13 volts dc.i checked the new regulator with my meteor with diods option at 200. And all I got was ol with the red lead on red + and ground lead on a yellow. Same if I switched it around a few times. The old regulator said the same thing....... Lol someone please help sorry if I'm not making a lot of since.

 

[huntingtheworld]

Re: How to test a stator

Also I have a purple wire with nothing on it and a faded brown wire that I think that goes to some kind of overheating alarm. Idk if the wire ignore hornless came off the original 1979 55 or the 60.(60 power head 1985) a shop will not touch it.

 

[daselbee]

Re: How to test a stator

35 Amp = 0.17 Ohms
9 Amp = 0.7 Ohms
6 Amp =1.3 Ohms
These values are also approx plus or minus 7%.

See now...the problem is that most meters will not reliably read resistance values that low.

zero point one seven ohms....0.17 ohms, surely you joke.

to most meters and to most people, that looks like a dead short....even tho technically it isn't.

 

[huntingtheworld]

Re: How to test a stator

See now...the problem is that most meters will not reliably read resistance values that low.

zero point one seven ohms....0.17 ohms, surely you joke.

to most meters and to most people, that looks like a dead short....even tho technically it isn't.

Soo?

 

[Fed]

Re: How to test a stator

I have a megger (continuity tester)if my son ever gives it back, it could read the ~2.4 Ohms.

Not sure about today's new fangled digital meters but I just checked my old analog meter and its scales is certainly capable in the 1-3 Ohm range.

Point taken though daselbee, a couple of years ago I was helping a guy who's meter had a 0.3 Ohm 'error' at zero but when we deducted from the final reading everything worked out right.
0.17 for the 35 Amp stator is getting down into the specialised meter zone.

 

[huntingtheworld]

Re: How to test a stator

I have a megger (continuity tester)if my son ever gives it back, it could read the ~2.4 Ohms.

Not sure about today's new fangled digital meters but I just checked my old analog meter and its scales is certainly capable in the 1-3 Ohm range.

Point taken though daselbee, a couple of years ago I was helping a guy who's meter had a 0.3 Ohm 'error' at zero but when we deducted from the final reading everything worked out right.
0.17 for the 35 Amp stator is getting down into the specialised meter zone.

My meter is a fluke 8060 a true rms multimeter
That's what it says

 

[Fed]

Re: How to test a stator

That meter should be Ok, it even has a button to zero the meter when the leads are shorted together so you can read directly off the screen. (Page 2-26 in the meter manual)

 

[huntingtheworld]

Re: How to test a stator

That meter should be Ok, it even has a button to zero the meter when the leads are shorted together so you can read directly off the screen. (Page 2-26 in the meter manual)

It belongs to my dad he don't have the book. He tried to test it the way I said above and nothing. Like a said I wonder if I blowed the new one. This is crazy!

 

[huntingtheworld]

Re: How to test a stator

Btw I'm talking about the regulator non the last post

 

[Fed]

Re: How to test a stator

I can't keep up, you're jumping all over the shop like a bounder.

When we find the correct values test the stator, hopefully someone will have them.
I just noticed the boatinfo library is back on line so I'll have a look there for you.