so I'm new here. But anyways. I've been trying to get my cbr f3 going for some time now. I took my voltmeter and I'm getting good resistance from the stator. I turn it to vac or V(wave) and my meter has two settings for ac. One is 5 or 600 and the other is 200. When I put it at 200 the meter shows 00.0 when I tes the yellow wires to ground I'm getting 00.3 on all 3. I just want to make sure I'm reading thia right before I go putting the new stator in which I already have. I found it for 150. I just keep reading more and more on testing thhem and think I have it right. Any info is awesome. Thanks fellas.

 

First off you can't test a stator using a standard voltmeter - you need a Megger tester for accuracy. Good local autolec should have one. Resistance in the Stator coils is vital - too low and you'll cook your reg/rec and prob your battery too.
# yellow wires to ground isn't wise - they are your current/voltage feed to your reg/rec ! (at least on my bike they are) Running them to earth will prob cook the coil wires in your stator......if the bike is running.
Go to www.stephygee.com
and grab a manual, it may help.

 

When you were testing the resistance between each of the yellow wires on the Ohms scale, how much exactly did you read ? The F3 should read between 0.1 and 1.0 ohms, which is real low. It could almost be considered a dead short between the wires. If you check between any single yellow wire and frame ground, you should not read anything. It should read as an open circuit.

 

I was using I think 200 on the ohms scale. And I was getting .05 on all three coombinationa for resistance. I tested the new stator with ohms until I found a scale I could read. That was 200. I had nothing on the 20 scale and I have to assume the new stator is good. I ordered a new regulator also. I was told that if my reg was out it could fry my stator. The regulator failed my diode test. I am going to install the stator tomorrow. And hopefully tuesday my reg will come. But all the reading I've done I read that you test the stator to ground. And I've read I should get anywhere from 30 to 60 vac.

 

Assuming that if you put your leads together on the 200 ohm scale and you get 0.0, then your reading of 0.05 is outside of spec and should be considered bad. If you suspect that the R/R is bad as well, don't run the engine until you replace it as well. Doing so may damage the newly replaced Stator. If you measure from any of the yellow wires to ground, it should read as an open circuit. You should not read any continuity at all on any scale.