Ok, so I pulled the rectifier and cleaned all the wiring. I then
charged the battery and started her up. Got a reading of 13.8 and
stayed there. Now all I need to do is recover the seat and I'm ready
for rego.

cheers
Scott

--- In suzuki250fours@..., "remminga" <remminga@...> wrote:
>
> The regulator/rectifier is mounted behind the left hand side cover (as
> you are seated on bike) its the metal box with the fins that is held
> on with two Allan key bolts (5mm).
>
> Just been in garage pulling bike apart to check! noticed that it looks
> as if my reg's been getting hot, the paint behind it's blistering a
> bit. Pulled it off, looks Ok from behind.. I guess I'll be testing it
> tomorrow!
> When I first got the bike I checked the charging system and it was ok.
>
> You will need a multimeter to test the charging system.
> With battery charged, rule of thumb is 13.8 to 14.4 volts at battery
> when motor running, no light on. put lights on high and voltage should
> still be within this. If voltage is less than 13.8 or greater than 15
> volts, you've got problems.
>
> My manual and the colours seem to be 3x yellow wires, a red, and a
> black with white trace, too dark out now to confirm, but I'll post if
> different.
>
> cheers,
> Ben.
>
> --- In suzuki250fours@..., "joleencarden"
> <cardenkids@> wrote:
> >
> > If no one has a better copy of the wiring diagram, then where is the
> > rectifier mounted and what colours are the wires?
> >
> > cheers
> > Scott
> >
>