Hey all, I was testing the new battery - and also wanting to see if charging system was up to par. I’d never done any multimeter testing on my 950 in the last 30k miles so I have nothing to compare it to but I did seek some input from the boards there, but also wanted to ask here. From my little understanding of mm test and charging system behavior combined with what I can learn online specifically about the 950, it seems like most everything is doing okay in general except one thing, and this may be due to my misunderstanding of the way charging systems work.
But anyhow, after depleting surface Tender charge off battery, battery seems good with standing charge holding at about 12.5 to 12.7ish. Cranking it dips a bit into lower 10s but upon idle goes back up to around 14.1 -14.3ish. But here’s the curiosity. I would expect when I rev the bike for the voltage to slightly go up, right??? But instead, it slightly goes down to like very upper 13s to 14, then at idle back up to the 14.1-14.3. Explain this to me? Indication of something wrong? Or, indication of it being fine? If fine, maybe explain to me why it goes down when revved? In a very minimal way, just trying to better understand charging systems.
