current draw from podtronic type rectifier /regulator

Status
Not open for further replies.
marinatlas

marinatlas

Joined
Nov 4, 2007
Messages
1,446
Country flag
One of my commando after rebuilding cannot keep the battery charged , so after investigation, i had found a 50 mA current draw , after checking all connection , and undo all of them one by one, it remain nothing , I undo all the wire from the ignition key switch still 50ma drain, so I cut the wire coming from that regulator /rectifier and the drain stop.....? what's your thoughts ? I remenber Jean Droit saying that they could drain , but 50 mA is far too much , it empty the battery in a week !
 
My Triumph T140 has a mysterious battery drainage too...Didn't realize the podtronics could be the culprit. How to solve?
 
seattle##gs said:
My Triumph T140 has a mysterious battery drainage too...Didn't realize the podtronics could be the culprit. How to solve?
Click to expand...

A 50ma drain is way too much. A bad podtronics could be the culprit.

Make sure the drain is not from a bad capacitor, a leaky Lucas capacitor would be more common. Jim
 
Is the only solution to a leaky podtronics replacement? I have a Boyer ignition and there are no capacitors on the bike.
 
Hi , so after more investigation, I can say it is definitly the rectifier/regulator which drained my battery, and to be more exact it is not a podtronic which are good and doe not drain 50mA
, but a replica from "xxxx" , so as seen on the Vincent forum is this a good idea to switch it ( by the ignition key), so when key off no more drainage ? or fit back zener and solid state regulator or buy a real one , on the same time I had checked all the draining current of my bikes and that one is the worst !!!
 
marinatlas said:
Hi , so after more investigation, I can say it is definitly the rectifier/regulator which drained my battery, and to be more exact it is not a podtronic which are good and doe not drain 50mA
, but a replica from "xxxx" , so as seen on the Vincent forum is this a good idea to switch it ( by the ignition key), so when key off no more drainage ? or fit back zener and solid state regulator or buy a real one , on the same time I had checked all the draining current of my bikes and that one is the worst !!!
Click to expand...

I just had a Sparx fail. One diode shorted so I lost one phase of a 3 phase so it still charged but only at high RPM. Replaced it with a Podtronics and have the best charging I ever had. I also replaced the stator with a Lucas since I had ordered it expecting the Sparx stator was bad. It wasn't but had a wire repair so I figured I'd change it anyway.

A quick poll here turned up Sparx failures but few or no Podtronics failures.
 
across 12.8 car battery
new podtronics out of the box leakage current 0.52 ma
old tympanium 0.82ma
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top