Kawasaki Balius having trouble

[xwhatsit]

and if you're charging a huuuuge battery that might slow the revs a bit too

Why's that.

Remembering motorcycle alternators are fixed-magnet types.

[motorbyclist]

Why's that.

Remembering motorcycle alternators are fixed-magnet types.

good point. i assumed an increased load would slow the motor like when jump starting a car with another car. of course a larger battery would be pretty negligible in either case.

i was/am sick/hungover so it seemed reasonable at the time

[Ixion]

It is. EMF load is the same reagrdless of field type. Basically , electricty produced is energy. Energy produced, ahs to come from somewhere (otherwise you just invented the perpetual motion machine). Only place it can come from is the engine.

When the rotor coils rotate in the magnetic field electricity (EMF) is produced. But there is a reverse reaction that expresses as drag. The coils don't want to be moved through the field.

[xwhatsit]

It is. EMF load is the same reagrdless of field type. Basically , electricty produced is energy. Energy produced, ahs to come from somewhere (otherwise you just invented the perpetual motion machine). Only place it can come from is the engine.

When the rotor coils rotate in the magnetic field electricity (EMF) is produced. But there is a reverse reaction that expresses as drag. The coils don't want to be moved through the field.

But because of the fixed magnets, isn't it producing EMF whether something's drawing on that power or not?

Remembering I'm an analogue-electrical dumbarse.

[Ixion]

No circuit has to be complete. If the circuit is open, then no current flow.

[mjrulesall]

Alright! I got a new battery for the bike yesterday, put it in and went for a brilliant ride around the Port Hills with no problems at all last night. Thanks for your help everyone!!!