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Alexrayz:
--- Quote from: SeanFD on January 26, 2022, 06:35:13 PM ---I connected the two wires, and ..... everything worked! ;DExcept one front indicator. :(
I decided to check the bulb and (this took a little while as I got distracted). The bulb was OK. I switched the two front bulbs anyway, and ... nothing worked!! :-[
Well not quite nothing; when I indicated left, the right instrument panel light worked, and when I indicated right, the rear left indicator worked.
I spent ages checking everything, and then noticed that the voltage at one point was only 8,5V. The battery I was using is on old one with a bit of history, though it does seem to hold a charge when not stressed.
I'm not sure why a low voltage would cause the strange happenings, but I put it on charge and moved on to other things. I will ry again tomorrow.
Oh, I did find out that the wiring and feed to the coils is OK; with the kill switch on "Run" the coils got quite warm. Which may explain my flat battery!!
Ah well.
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We’ll shit, your bike is cross eyed!
Just out of curiosity, what was the issue that led you to work on the wiring?
K2-K6:
Ever seen an older car when someone indicates AND the brake light comes on (rear view) then the whole light panel flashes dimly ?
Ordinarily that's a compromised earth on one of the lights, the activity then tries to scavenge an earth through commonality with the other lights under the load the circuit is running at, making it look like a complex unexplained problem but in reality just an earth drop out.
As Alex mentioned earlier, worth tracking each component's earth back to battery to identify the fault.
SeanFD:
--- Quote from: Alexrayz on January 26, 2022, 10:16:09 PM ---We’ll shit, your bike is cross eyed!
Just out of curiosity, what was the issue that led you to work on the wiring?
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The bike was a restoration project, or rather turned into one - at first I thought I could just get it going and ride it for a while for fun. Then when I looked more closely ....
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I've repaired what could be repaired, replaced what couldn't and cleaned everything up.
SeanFD:
--- Quote from: K2-K6 on January 26, 2022, 10:33:04 PM ---Ever seen an older car when someone indicates AND the brake light comes on (rear view) then the whole light panel flashes dimly ?
Ordinarily that's a compromised earth on one of the lights, the activity then tries to scavenge an earth through commonality with the other lights under the load the circuit is running at, making it look like a complex unexplained problem but in reality just an earth drop out.
As Alex mentioned earlier, worth tracking each component's earth back to battery to identify the fault.
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I've now done that and will go and try it all out gain tomorrow when teh batter has charged overnight - with the coils disconnected this time.
Kelly E:
Yes the threads are 10mm X 1.25mm
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