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96 sportsman 500 not charging

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Got a 96 sportsman has a new stator and cdi box now i found out that it isn't charging the battery. Get like 12.5 at the battery at any rpm. Now when i check the red wire from the voltage regulator it is about 13 at idle and spikes up to 18 volts when i rev it. Thought it was a break in the wire somewhere so i ran a jumper wire from that to the battery and checked it again and it drops down to like 12.5v with it on the battery once i take the wire off it reads 13-18 depending on rpm. Is there anyway to test the regulator? Seems odd it gets that high when i rev it but doesn't get over 12.6 when its connected to the battery.

Next question does anyone have a used one kicking around they would sell fairly cheap, don't have 60 bucks to get one on ebay atm :/ Also the thing is animal in the snow with chains just on the back.
 
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