My motorcycle regulator recently died. As the whole thing is encapsulated in black epoxy repairing it is not going to be easy.
Does anyone have a way of getting the circuit board out of the epoxy?
Second thing is that the alternator on the bike is a permanent magnet type, as such the regulator is basically a heat dump. They are known to fail on my bike model (BMWF650). The alternator is a 300 watt job, the regulator is under the seat (not such a great place to dump 300 watts or so).
There are suggestions on moving the regulator to get more airflow, I am interested in making a more robust and reliable unit as well.
Does anyone have a circuit for a 3 phase regulator rectifier that is capable of reliably dumping 300 watts?
Cheerio
Pete