Need Help With Battery Charging

Hi all, starting this new thread in hopes of getting some clear direction.

My Boyer Power Box failed.

So I bought a single phase rectifier thinking all I need to do was covert AC to DC.

But now DogT points out that my Boyer Power Box likely had a regulator built in to prevent overcharging but my new rectifier does not.

SO, what to do?

Throw the rectifier away and order a new Boyer Power box?

OR, now that the new rectifier is al hooked up, can I buy a regulator to wire in place, like at radio shack?

I got rid of the zenor and all that other stuff years ago when I bought the Power Box.

What would happen if I started and rode my bike with the new rectifier installed but no rectifier?

explode my battery or something?

Hope you all can educate about this


edit: another question? What if I just disconnect the black wire from the rectifier going to the negative battery?
then no juice could overcharge the battery? I could in theory ride until the battery itself went flat?
just a question

Check your ground point (s) for oxidation and corrosion , clean up all connections.

I think Bob Patton on the other thread just solved my problem.

He points out that my battery may still hold a charge but be so old that it is only a surface charge.

I am going to take his advice and hook the Boyer power box back up to the new battery I bought.

and forget the rectifier with no regulator I stupidly bought

thanks bob!

hi, You know what you need to do already, you can't run without a rectifier. I would buy the combo reg/rec podtronic one oldbritts sells, or whoever. Just do it and don't look back. Not sure what your wiring looks like but I think the simpler the better.



Edit ^ - you could try explain to the person you got the rect from and get them to trade it for the one you need??