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Message: [QUOTE="canyncarvr, post: 928437, member: 16552"] That's right. The VR is out of the circuit with the light switch off. That sounds good, too. Oops. Not good. Well, I'm not sure about the 'fast idle' part, but the Electrex coil [b]will[/b] put out a good 100VAC with the VR out of the circuit. Wait a minute.... [b]Recheck that with a known good ground.[/b] The VR is grounded to the frame. The two wires at the VR connector are hot unregulated IN and regulated OUT. With a meter connected between those two, then [b]disconnecting the ground[/b] of the VR by unplugging it..you just hooked yourself up to a floater. I don't know what the spec of the lighting coil is. Considering the wire size and the few number of wraps, it's going to be close to short, isn't it? I've not looked at mine..don't know. re: If the VR is history... Still need an unregulated VAC reading. With the VR unplugged, measure between the yellow wire to the switch or red wire after the switch (switch on) AND a good frame ground. Better unplug your lights, too..unless you want to buy new ones. If you don't get lots'a volts, you have a wiring problem, a bad coil or a weak flywheel. ??? The output of the coil is 'at speed' (whatever that means), not at idle. With 60W in the front and 10W in the back, it [b]will be[/b] dim at idle. I don't get the 'pretty stupid' part. I don't understand '..removed 1 filament wire from the harness..' part, either. I am currently running 60W (taillight has been out for some time..haven't bothered to replace it 'cuz I don't care) up front..one 35W, one 25W, one spot, one flood (I don't recall the exact º figures). Yes, they dim at idle. Check your VR ground, too. At least unthread/rethread the bolt. Maybe even run a separate (an additional) ground if there is a contact question. [/QUOTE]

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