97 gtx not charging wot

[20dollar]

installed new battery and charged it. it cranks and idles fine. when revving past idle the tach goes to zero. digital tach works fine from 0-7000. it has a flashing 12v low on maint light. the problem is that if you run wot on a new freshly charged battery, it causes the battery to be drained comepletely dead in @ 10 min. then ski shuts off. while idleing after a fresh charge it has no 12v low light on. seems to be charging at idle but giving no charge at high rpms @ 2500 or above causes battery to go dead. plese any help would be greatly appreciated. i am a helicopter mechanic and outboard mechanic but am green when it comes to a ski..thanks

[stevepaulus]

Stator maybe, just a guess.

[Technical Support]

Most likely you need a new rectifier, very common on Sea-Doo's. Get it from your dealer.

[stevepaulus]

hmm, never even thought of that.......good point tech....not to expensive, around 40-45 bucks

[20dollar]

where's the rectifier located in the ski

[stevepaulus]

bolted to the MPEM(COMPUTER) at least it is on my 97 XP

[Scope]

Open up the front grey box. The rectifier has three yellow and one red wire coming from it. Fortunately it's easy (and relatively inexpensive) to find/replace.
-Scope

[Bill O'Neal]

Steve,
The XP and the GTX have completely different ignitions on them.

[stevepaulus]

gotcha Bill...thats why i said AT LEAST it is on my 97 xp, but thanks for the tip...i never knew that.

[20dollar]

thank you much everyone i will update on the repair