The Africa Twin had plenty spare electrical capacity but as a result I, and plenty others, cooked the rectifier. Any excess power generated is turned into heat by the rectifier and as such too much can damage it.

So with this in mind I reckon the XTZ with just the correct amount of power is actually a good thing and should increase reliabilty in the long run (have known to be wrong before!) or am at least hoping.

If you keep adding high draw equipment like lights and heated grips then you will have to beef up the system it seems to me.

To get around cooking rectifiers Africa Twin owners used to sometimes install two rectifiers or even sometimes a small fan to aid airflow.

Sure its not easy to increase the power production but this seems to be the way forward for lots of auxillary add ons.

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