Quote Originally Posted by MJH View Post
Regardless to whether the light are on or not the kilowatts are being generated to power them its a constant.
For example turning your light off at the home will not reduce the generation at the power plant. There is always wasted energy, it is not a smart system. However if everyone turns their light off then the need for power decreases and the system ramps down generation, but it always is generated regardless to whether it is used or not.


If the lights are on they have to be powered and the settings reflect that existing load mostly at idle. If you see the light dimming you can see them brighten when you increase the rpm. The generation is constant and a function of the ratings of the generating source that is going to be reached at a certain rpm and then constantly offered after that, if you use it or not. If you do not it simply is wasted, just like the power plant it is not smart.
Quote Originally Posted by MJH View Post
The stator creates a constant source of alternating current, that is converted and buffered by the regulator -rectifier to a constant Vdc current of 14.4, that is the constant applied to the battery at all times. That is what also powers the lights etc. What comes off the generator is variable as it designed based on the rpm it is rotating at, it has to generate more then enough AC to be converted to 14.4 Vdc constantly at all rpms.


So the source is a constant and the regulator rectifier meters the current, it maintains it at a constant 14.4vdc.


Some older small bikes had a 6 volt system, these mostly have a 12 volt system. The amount of AC current coming off the stator would fry the battery and burn all the light out if it was not buffered. The electrical systems are 12 to 15 Vdc.


The variance is discharged same as based load energy if not used it gets discharged, in the power plants they have beyond base load that comes on in peak demand usually NG powered, to the best of my knowledge I do not believe that any power grid stores electricity, the required banks of batteries would not be economical or cost effective. There are batteries on the grid but they are not part of the grid they are consumers on the grid, in the event the grid goes down as in battery back ups. They protect critical systems and are typically configured with secondary generators and are not part of supply grid they are private or secondary on the grid.


Most people have trouble with that concept, that the substation are discharging excess generation, its normal operation.
Wow. I never read that much nonsense