Hi Maxwestern, thanks so much for your reply here.. My issue is there is no voltage regulator fitted to the ride on mower nor is there one I can find in the factory wiring diagram that I provided above. When I stripped out all the factory wiring & safety switches there was nothing that looked like a voltage regulator in the machine either. That's what has me stumped some what, as it was all working as per factory before the ignition switch failed and I decided to get rid of it and the rest.
The black wire from the Solenoid 2 pin plug, plugged it the other side of that connection to an orange wire which according to the factory wiring went back to the ignition switch to operate the lights.
Another question then..
Can I connect the red wire with the diode to the battery side of the solenoid so it can charge the battery when it's running and leave the black wire from the Alternator not connect to anything as I don't need to lights at all.?
