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Battery fried
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 1:45 pm
Author: Adrian90s
Battery fried after receiving 18v for the first miles running in this country. So, battery and voltage regulator required.
Valley batteries are close to me but the regulator? New type reg and diode unit or original?
Any recommendations?
Cheers guys
Re: Battery fried
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:13 pm
Author: KeithZ1R
Z power do a direct replacement singe unit with the correct plugs, dependant on your skills its a good choice
Re: Battery fried
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:14 pm
Author: r3sc
I’m usually very traditional with the bikes have and when they are fitted with separate rectifier and voltage regulator as they were when new I always try to retain this setup.
However, I’ve just restored a Z650 which had suffered a serious rectifier failure and the damage it caused to the electrical system/Loom was far reaching.
I wouldn’t want the same to happen again so on this bike I’ve fitted a good quality combined unit from Electrex.
It’s easy to fit, controls the battery voltage very well and I’m hoping, very reliable!
It all comes down to how original you want the bike to be.
Re: Battery fried
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:55 pm
Author: Adrian90s
Reliability is far more important to me, anything I replace I save for the next owner to decide on originality
Re: Battery fried
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:00 pm
Author: z2.john
One of the let downs on the Z1 was the regulator. Pretty useless.
Get a combined unit like this one
https://www.z-power.co.uk/regulatorrectifier-z1-900
Re: Battery fried
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:38 pm
Author: chrisNI
Ralph sells an Electrex one quite keenly priced needs a bit of fiddling to fit but a bit cheaper.
https://www.bikerstoolbox.co.uk/acatalo ... ki-p1.html
Re: Battery fried
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:44 pm
Author: wilsonsjw11
To go to an original NOS unit is quite expensive at around £400 and after laying around for maybe 40+ years is an expensive gamble.