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Cat Fuzz · 11-16-2004, 07:41 PM

It seemed a bit odd to me that the housing of the voltage reg is insulated from ground by some little rubber grommets where it bolts to the rad support, then there is a little wire bolted to the screw that holds the housing on that goes to ground. Is the reg housing supposed to be grounded or not? I'm just wondering because I just replaced my reg and the new one tried to boil my battery and pop all my lights. The old one was allowing current to fluctuate.

So, is that ground wire supposed to be there?

11-16-2004, 07:41 PM	#1
Cat Fuzz My son, my joy. Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 463	External voltage regulator question. It seemed a bit odd to me that the housing of the voltage reg is insulated from ground by some little rubber grommets where it bolts to the rad support, then there is a little wire bolted to the screw that holds the housing on that goes to ground. Is the reg housing supposed to be grounded or not? I'm just wondering because I just replaced my reg and the new one tried to boil my battery and pop all my lights. The old one was allowing current to fluctuate. So, is that ground wire supposed to be there?