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Hey Guys,
I've had a couple of Lakeland CDIs for my early H1 builds, and my current one just died. (strange coincidence that just put an "Oregon Motorcycles" solid state regulator on it and the CDI blows 2 rides later )
In searching for an alternative, I found a couple of CDI sources, but they aren't in the USA, and I'm not even sure if they are still making them or dependable. Who are we using these days for new CDIs on 69-70 500s?
Thanks, Rich

Hello

Same thing happened to me in August. My old Regulator was hitting 17volts, so tried a modern one and second ride, 5 miles from home, pop,sparks went out one at a time. Yep, my lakeland box is fried. Ive tried Rex speed shop in the uk but they are thinking about it but no immediate plans to build one. Starfire is long gone. . Whos next......

I had a volt gauge on and the voltage output was stable nothing crazy when it went.

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Not sure if this helps, but 15 years ago, when I had little money my cdi was fried so I just made my own. All I did was follow the schematic on the resource site. Rectifier as well.
Cheap as chips. Cost more for the potting epoxy than the components.
Come in around 5 bucks each. Glad I did that cos the system is still basically standard.
I have spares on the ready.
Good luck.

Well I`m surprised that worked. The schematic for the B unit on the resource site has the following components missing. Without these it doesn`t work.
5 diodes
2 electrolytic caps 10 microfarad
1 resistor 390 K
2 resistors 75 ohms 5 watts
1 inductor around 500 mH

I was curious about Ricks, link below just navigate to your bike. Not as many choices as Jim had and the descriptions need to be better -best to chat with them before.
https://ricksmotorsportelectrics.com/

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They're still working on getting all the products going. I recently helped them with some questions they had about the late H1 combined unit. I believe they have a late H1/H2 regulator, but it's not the same design as mine. I assume it works fine as a replacement to the original. As I understand it, they have the H2 All-In-One and the early H1units.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

Can someone give me the correct schematic then, because I am having issues with my ignition lately.
It worked for years but I’m having problems chasing down a random miss. Given up really.
Was going to get the stator rewound. Sort of lost interest though.

Which H1 is it, Coops? If you easily made the CDI units, I suspect it's a late H1, and 0120raptor is almost certainly talking about an early H1.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.