Headlight Switch

[chaparral02]

[quote author=chaparral02 link=topic=14300.msg162148#msg162148 date=1407698656]
[quote author=mickvp link=topic=14300.msg162146#msg162146 date=1407698366] if I go a long time without riding it, then it can reduce the load on the battery for a while and get a bit of a better charge into it.

The alternator regulator is set to charge the battery at around the same 14volts with the headlights on or off while riding..
It really shouldn't make any difference..(apart from when at only idle revs)
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I would have thought it was not an issue of voltage, but an issue of current? the headlights draw a current and therefore there is less available to go to the battery? either way, its making the alternator work harder than it needs to?
[/quote]Gen1 charging specs
Charging system normal output, 14 V and 365 W at 5,000rpm)

And Gen2
Standard output 14.0 V40.0 A6500 r/min (550 watts)