Hi Wangarra,
There is usually a red wire coming out of the regulator/rectifier that is the positive to the battery .
The orange wire from the stator (it's listed as red in your pic) in generic wiring that I've seen that is the headlight wire.
The 2 yellow wires from the stator are the 2 AC wires that go to the reg / rec. and come out of the reg/ rec as DC
The Black looks like it must be earth.
The Purple wire usually goes to the seat relay ,PTO switch ,hour meter ( some people disconnect the seat safety switch so the purple wire may be cut on your mower)
Cheers
Max.
Thanks Max.
Point taken. I had mistakenly labeled the orange wire as red. And your diagrams make sense, to a point. However, y regulator/rectifier only has four (4) wires connected to it - the two light yellow (AC from the stator, the black (earth) and the purple wire that is broken off at the connector. So in my case there is no red wire coming out of the reg/rec... I only have the purple wire that goes into the ain mharness.... As far as I can tell, this is the ONLY outgoing wire from the rec/reg. Sp my thinking is that it has to be the positive going through to the battery for charging.
I have looked everywhere but I can not seem to find a wiring diagram specific to my 547/42 model...
