During the ride I heard a pop and looked back to see a cloud of smoke, I hopped off and shut down the ATV. Wouldn’t you know it, electrical fire. After the fire went out I looked around to make sure nothing else was burning (on the ATV or in my yard) Well the ATV started and I was able to drive it back to the house and started to inspect the damage.
Looks like the 2 terminals pulled out of the connector to the voltage regulator and made contact, this quickly burned off the insulation to the wires and any nearby wires as well. Not too bad I can fix this.
I just got all the wires replaced tonight, had to do some googling to try and figure out how the voltage regulator is connected, best I could tell the hot wire is the inside connector and the ground on the outside. All the wires hooked up, let’s connect the battery, and start the ATV. All of a sudden, the VR starts smoking and pops, I disconnected the battery again.
I don’t know if I wired the VR correctly or if it was damaged somehow, luckily I had a multi-meter connected to the battery, only 12 volts on and off. I also did a diode check from the starter solenoid terminals, OL one way .5 ohms the other. (the diode wrapping had a burn mark on it is why I checked) I would of loved to have an electrical schematic but I couldn’t find one online, at least, not for free.
I made a schematic showing how I rewired everything, since the only damage was aft the ground post I only illustrated from there back. Red lines are what I replaced. Of course, without a technical schematic to go off of, this is how I assumed it was wired. If anyone has a schematic for the outlander 500 dps 2015, I would appreciate it. Or at least someone tell me if the VR is wired correctly.
