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Message: [QUOTE="canyncarvr, post: 926678, member: 16552"] Running dim lights with the VR out is either a problem...or you're sucking enough amps to clamp the output to a below-regulated level. OK..it runs fine with one filament and the taillight. That's 40W (or so). You should have enough headroom with the Electrex coil to run another 30W [b]fairly[/b] well at higher RPM. Maybe not as bright as the sum of the two filaments if individually lighted, but not [b]real[/b] dim, either. Idle output wouldn't be very good. It would be handy to have a big rheostat. Hook the unregulated coil up to a fat load like that, crank the load up until you pull the source [b]down[/b] to 12VAC. The measured current at that point will tell you [b]exactly[/b] how many watts you gots. Yes, the two [b]types[/b] of loads aren't exactly the same (inductive, resistive and all that)...but would be good enough, I'd say. Maybe a battery tester would work. Wouldn't take much of a load center to handle 70 or so watts. Heck, you could [b]make[/b] one without too much trouble. Oh yeah...the point.... That way you would KNOW what the output of the coil is. re: Either good or bad? No. Maybe they wound yours a couple layers short? Maybe it's wound in a sloppy fashion (not tight enough). Heck, rewind the thing yourself! You could send the thing to RickyStator and have him check it out. Ask him to give you a wattage figure. He could fix it at the same time (given that you have a strong enough magnetic field). What about this? We're assuming the coil is putting out 'as advertised'. If that assumption is incorrect, you're wasting your time trying to figure it out. There's nothing to figure! Maybe you're just short on [b]amps[/b]. You [b]still[/b] could be short on the magnet side of things. If you tested the coil on your bike, you would be reading the output of the coil based on its level of excitement (ooohhhh!!...) from [b]your[/b] flywheel. It would be interesting to see if RickyStator got the same figure. I'm looking forward to the facts-o-the-matter to be revealed! ;) [/QUOTE]

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