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Old January 6th, 2022, 09:04 AM   #27
Triple Jim
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Name: Jim
Location: North Carolina
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Originally Posted by thedrewski86 View Post
...be careful jumping off a car, especially if the car is running. It can literally fry the electrical system on a bike..
The problem is that a shunt regulator like our bikes have tries to regulate anything that's causing the battery voltage to be too high. In the case of a running car doing the charging, if the Ninja's regulator thinks the car's charge voltage is too high, it will try to regulate it, and if the car has a 50+ amp alternator, the NInja's regulator loses the battle.
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