Other Stuff > Misc / Open

40 year old wiring !!!

<< < (2/3) > >>

mike the bike:
It only takes a nick in the insulation for the salt water to get between the strands and corrosion will set in.  It can be right tricky to find.

Woodside:
age doesnt affect the copper like that or indeed the water.......a poor/loose connection make that happen ...and when you add a large load (amps) like a starter motor that is over used on a poorly engine ...thats what makes the cables over heat and the copper (nigel will explain) completley flake out..
i expect the insulation was like rock too

Nurse Julie:
Surprisingly Jason the insulation wasn't too bad. I understand what your saying about the load. I think Trig using it whilst testing all the other electrics and firing the engine just about finished it off. Never mind, nice new cable now and a lovely engine so shouldn't give any further trouble.

Woodside:
 the load on these cables can be extreme especially on the 12v system....the lower the voltage the more the amps ramp up...add a loose connection ...and it can fry a loom in seconds...
if the copper is black its been fried..
it tends to go green with age and general weathering ..look at church roofs.
either way thats an arse to find an you would never expect the largest cable on the system to be compromised....
i never commented on the other thread but that bikes a beauty...shows you dont need to chop the buggery out of a bike to make it cool....

Nurse Julie:

--- Quote from: Woodside on May 11, 2018, 08:16:10 PM --- i never commented on the other thread but that bikes a beauty...shows you dont need to chop the buggery out of a bike to make it cool....

--- End quote ---
Thanks Jason. It's a bike befitting a woman of my age I think, a bit different but totally rideable without having my boobs on the tank and my legs at ridiculous angles on rearsets !!!.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page