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Hi Rob, Your last 2 posts are clear and informative as usual. Just a couple of observations: I've never experienced the sugar stickiness that you speak of and wonder if your recipe was flawed, not that it matters much since you are now going 'sugar-free'. The second relates to the pm. His bucket cap...

I would expect the unloaded AC output of the Dream generator to be in the typical range (45-70) as it too is charging a 12 volt battery.

Wilf

Don,

Maybe the best approach here is to ask you what the charging problem on the Dream is. It would be easy enough then to understand why the MOSFET rectifier/regulator may or will not be your solution.

Wilf

I'm a big fan of your thread Sarals, and I just can't resist:

"She Being Brand" by e.e. cummings. She shifts...

Wilf

Don,
The potential output of the AC generator is primarily a factor of engine rpm's. To achieve maximum output all the time your engine rpm's would have to be about 4,000 or so all the time.

Wilf

I beg to differ. None of the dozens of parts I have zinc plated at home over the past 4 years have suffered from having tools used on them.

Wilf

I still love and ride the bike formerly known as "Ugly Betty". And you too will feel the joys of riding a machine that you have brought back to life.

I'm enjoying and learning from your restoration thread, and wish I was working on another Super Hawk--maybe one will appear some day.

Cheers,

Wilf