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Connecting Voltage Regulator

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I've purchased a NOS Voltage Regulator for my '72 DT2.

The instructions in the Tech Library state to connect a 5" 18 gauge black wire with an eyelet to one of the mounting bolts for the regulator. It appears I have an open black wired female connector I'll simply plug a male connector into, correct?

Then the yellow wire with the white tracer off the regulator is to be spliced into a dark blue wire. There are three dark blue wires coming out of the harness; one to the ignition, and the others end up going to the backlight for the tach and speedo. Does it matter which dark blue wire I connect the regulator too? If it doesn't it appears I can pigtail to the one going to the speedo fairly easily without cutting any wires.
 
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Replied by Sneezles61 on topic Connecting Voltage Regulator

I hooked the yellow into the speedo and tach blue.
 Before you just tie into the black, I’d determine no power is fed to it with your DC volt meter… Hook to the black and touch to a good known ground.. do that running and then engine stopped but key on. If it is ground, no voltage should show. Then leave it hooked to the black wire and go to the red on the battery post, there you should see voltage.
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Replied by MarkT on topic Connecting Voltage Regulator

Best to connect to the blue wires powering the gauge illumination lights as the diagram in the bulletin shows.

If I remember correctly, they have you mounting the regulator to the headlight bucket and the instructions given are how to ground the headlight bucket. You can do that.

If mounting somewhere else (or even to headlight bucket which is rubber mounted and may not provide a good ground) then running a ground wire to one of the regulator mounting bolts is a good idea. (You'll likely need more than 5" of wire that it would take to ground the bucket as described in instructions.)
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Replied by Brzn on topic Connecting Voltage Regulator

Yup, I've got the regulator connected directly to the headlight bucket. The 5" of black 18 gauge wire is more than long enough to plug into the open black connector that goes to the speedometer ground.

In the Tech Library, Wiring Diagrams, page 3, Generic Early Yamaha Wiring Diagrams the black in the headlight bucket shows as ground.
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I bought a nice pair of crimping pliers from Vintageconnections.com, and with the help of DEET sending me a couple male bullet connectors with PVC insulators and two wires pre made up, I've connected the 18 gauge black wire into the ground for the tach and speedo lighting and pigtailed the yellow wire with white tracer to a jumper I made to the dark blue wire going to the speedo back light. Should now be good to go!

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Replied by MarkT on topic Connecting Voltage Regulator

I know DEET makes the full harnesses for many models and also some mini "conversion" harnesses like when swapping CDI to points.  Nice to hear he makes adapters to make the regulator install easier too. 

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Replied by Brzn on topic Connecting Voltage Regulator

Nice to hear he makes adapters to make the regulator install easier too.

He was rebuilding a speedometer for me and I reached out to him before he finished asking for the built wires and male bullet/insulator connectors. He's an awesome resource for sure.
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