thanks for all the good suggestions. i finally got a chance to dig into the quad.. the service manual arrived right after i posted the original question. turns out one of the 15A fuses next to the battery blew. according to the diagram in my manual, its the fuse between the battery and the regulator. which i hadnt even known about. thats a cheap enough fix!!
as for running all of the aftermarket items, i did check when the quad's charging system is up to snuff, and with all of the lights on, as well as the gps, it doesnt have enough juice to charge the quad at idle, but anything over a slight increase in rpm's, and it jumps up to nearly the same as it is with all of those items off. should i still be concerned? if i turn off the stock headlights(i wired in a switch so i can turn them off and still use the taillight), it charges at idle and at speed. in fact, since the aftermarket lights are halogen, they barely pull more of a draw than the stock incandescent headlights. but yeah, im no electrical expert. so maybe i should still be concerned?
thanks again for your help!
as for running all of the aftermarket items, i did check when the quad's charging system is up to snuff, and with all of the lights on, as well as the gps, it doesnt have enough juice to charge the quad at idle, but anything over a slight increase in rpm's, and it jumps up to nearly the same as it is with all of those items off. should i still be concerned? if i turn off the stock headlights(i wired in a switch so i can turn them off and still use the taillight), it charges at idle and at speed. in fact, since the aftermarket lights are halogen, they barely pull more of a draw than the stock incandescent headlights. but yeah, im no electrical expert. so maybe i should still be concerned?
thanks again for your help!
