MSR universal voltage regulator installation questions

[Worden18]

Ok, I've done some searches and don't understand the process fully - hence this thread.

I have an 84 YTM 200EL; orig voltage reg is shot, so I'm replacing it. The old reg has a 4 wire plug.

-blue wire goes to the lights

-black to ground

-red to main switch and battery (I'm not using a battery in this machine)

-white to CDI

Ok, I hooked up the brown wire from the new regulator to the black wire (ground), and I hooked up the yellow wire from the regulator to the blue wire (lights); and the lights work. They worked before with the old regulator but would blow out at higher rpms (obviously with a bad regulator). My first question is this, the red and white wires are just sitting there out in the open now. What do I do with those? I know they don't get tied in with the blue and yellow wire, I tried that and the lights don't work :lol:

Secondly, the lights are pretty dim at idle but light up good at higher rpms. Would having a battery in it keep the brightness more consistent?

I'm not too good with the electrical stuff, so I just need some help with this guys. :wondering

[Worden18]

Well, I got it figured out with some help from my brother in law. The red and the white wire just get capped off. If I hook up a battery, then I have to tie in the red wire as well. I ran the machine for about an hour and a half tonite, lights worked great. No problems. :)