Thank you, Mike you have been a great help. I have been looking on Ebay for regulator/rectifiers, there are many inexpensive ones for motorcycles, however, the problem is that I have no idea what the internal circuitry is like. Is there per chance a series regulator rectifier schematic?
Hey, here's something interesting. I thought about what you said about motor drag-and guess what-you are right. Not even at such a low idle that the engine is about to die does grounding out the stator output have any effect on engine load.
Here's another interesting thing. A thought came to my mind, I have lots of electronic components. I tried connecting the small inflator to the wire directly, the motor only vibrated.
Here's what happened when I tried different rectifiers I had.
A single large diode, MBR7545 T8616: Inflator turns, but not fast enough to generate any compressed air.
3 pin Rectifier MPIRC40?10 8530: Turns over faster, actually. Connections are AC/AC/+. Still, not enough to generate significant compressed air.
4 pin rectifier MDA970A6 8506: Turns over MUCH faster! Like to a battery almost. Generates 30 PSI. However rectifier gets hot to the touch after just a few seconds.
4 pin rectifier KBPC3506W 28 22954234A: Spins over as fast as previous rectifier. 30 PSI generated. Barely warm to the touch, larger rectifier.
4 pin rectifier KBPC10-06: Large metal cased unit. 30 PSI. Barely warm to the touch.
Now, why did the motor spin so fast when connected to the rectifiers with 4 pins as opposed to 3, or the single diode?