Can an ignition stator charge a battery?

[Beeweldmut]

I just bought a 6 pole electrex ignition coil for my 86 cr500. I bought in a hurry and forgot to check details. It does not have a lighting coil. But then I started to think, can't I hook this source coil up to a reg/rec and a battery then hook the igntion,Cdi and pickup coil to the battery?? I'm sure it only puts out a few watts, but that might be enough.

 

[xb33bsa]

i dont kno but......... this one is only 35 watts but enough for some LED lighting

http://www.electrosport.com/dirt-bikes/honda/cr500r-90-01/lighting-coil-honda-cr500.html

 

[Beeweldmut]

Yeah unfortunately there is no empty spaces in the 86 for a lighting coil. So you have to replace the whole stator to add a separate lighting coil. They sell integrated ones, but I don't want to spend $200 on that since I am planning on a whole new digital ignition with stator included. Just don't want to spend the money on that yet.

Pretty sure I don't remember having a rectifier on the stock harness, which means the CDI is powered by a/c so my idea won't work.

 

[xb33bsa]

on my old bsa i just run total loss LED lighting i dont ride it much at night anyway
all you really need is a recognition light up front,then an LED 1157 stop tailight out back

 

[Beeweldmut]

As slow as a BSA is, I wouldn't ride it much at all..

But that was actually my plan for now, enough battery to power a headlight for inspection. just gonna build a battery pack that hides in the frame. It only has to run a led brake light, and I don't brake much.