Charging Fuses Blowing

[jekjr]

Bought a new Tiger Cat with the Kawasaki motor in April. It has around 250 hours on it and started blowing the charging fuse this week. It might blow two or more times a day or not at all. I thought it was just a voltage regulator but the shop says bring it in they feel like it might be a stator......... As much as we are running i do not need to shut it down for any length of time.

Have any of you had this happen?

 

[KrashnKraka]

Bought a new Tiger Cat with the Kawasaki motor in April. It has around 250 hours on it and started blowing the charging fuse this week. It might blow two or more times a day or not at all. I thought it was just a voltage regulator but the shop says bring it in they feel like it might be a stator......... As much as we are running i do not need to shut it down for any length of time.

Have any of you had this happen?

Out of warranty, hey?
Reads to me like your shop knows what the problem is, from
experience.
Still, keep it simple at first?
Check you got no chafing happening in wiring loom... flywheel
to battery. KAWA regulators are solid state so intermitant is
unlikely, it either works or it don't.
If all checks out, pull the flywheel and check the leads offn
stator coils for tight. That's what the shop would be pointing to.

Whatever the fault it will be interesting when you do find it.
Be assured you wont be the only one, neither

KK

 

[jekjr]

Out of warranty, hey? Reads to me like your shop knows what the problem is, from experience. Still, keep it simple at first? Check you got no chafing happening in wiring loom... flywheel to battery. KAWA regulators are solid state so intermitant is unlikely, it either works or it don't. If all checks out, pull the flywheel and check the leads offn stator coils for tight. That's what the shop would be pointing to. Whatever the fault it will be interesting when you do find it. Be assured you wont be the only one, neither KK

It is in warranty. I am going to have to put it in the shop this coming week. We were behind this past week working 12 hour days to catch up. The shop was closed Friday and Saturday for the 4th of July also. Therefore we had to run it like it was.

Down time is a killer for us.

 

[Rivets]

I would have the shop replace both the stator and the voltage regulator, if they test the stator and find it is bad. I have seen to many times, that after replacing a shorted stator, the regulator will fail a short time later. Replacing both at the same time, will cut down your future down time. Have them return your old regulator to keep as a spare. Just a suggestion.