2002 EC300 wiring for lights

[MickIrlEC300]

Thanks for that guys.

I got onto trail tech too and they said I do need a load ( battery or capacitor) in order for the Reg/ Rec to work as it shunts DC voltage.

Using an old quad battery lying around I got it working and could see the battery slowly charging away while the bike was running with my fluke meter on it.

I am now in search of a battery (roughly 3.7AH similar to trail tech option but small in size to fit in the air box) or a capacitor but I?m unsure of what size capacitor to use.

From reading online I have seen a lot of different figures? trying to source one locally and I am planning to use maybe a 25v 2000-3000uf capacitor and hopefully this will get the lights working for me.

[(F5)]

I used to use an ignitech on some of roadrace bikes. I drove it with a CR250 stator grafted on. One bike used a CR rectifier regulator and it had a 25V 2200uf from vague memory. Next one I used a Chinese generic Ali express scooter rectifier and a Capacitor of the same size.
Bigger damps things more as does a battery.
Never had a problem.

[MickIrlEC300]

So another update with the Trailtech RR.

I have connected a 50v 3300 uF capacitor into the system.
And with the fluke meter on the system the capacitor is charging up slowly ?. Probably reaches 1v after over a minute maybe 2 minutes.
When connect with the lights connected it immediately drains the capacitor.

I have now decided to just go ahead and find a nice and small battery with roughly 2-4ah and try to mount it somewhere in the air box without affecting any other parts of the bike. Iv seen some security batteries with high AH ratings and small dimensions so this may work for now.
So for now the bike is running good (idle is a bit intermittent) and I will be wiring up lights and just allowing the RR to charge the battery.
I feel the capacitor route will take too much trial and error to see what size capacitor will suit. Maybe the bulb I have is too strong 🤷🏽*♂️