Rectifiers
This is just observation ,not scientific but I just finished getting a CA95 running again that I bought last year . This bike needed a replacement wiring harness along with replacement coil ,rectifier . The rectifier I used was an old one I had and reused on this bike .
Checking the charging system once I got the bike running the rectifier was marginally charging the battery . I purchased a Radio Shack rectifier and from went 6.3 charging volts to the battery to 6.5 volts with the Radio Shack rectifier . I then replaced the RS rectifier with a unit I purchased from Oregoncycle and I now have a charging voltage of 6.8 volts to the battery.
This was at a high idle maybe 2 thousand rpm . No I didn't check voltages at higher rpm or lights on honking the horn but almost .5 volt higher over the stock regulator . I saw similar results when I replaced the rectifier on my red bike . The Oregoncycle rectifier seems to perform better than stock or the Radio Shack rectifier . To me $22 well spent
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