Subject: RE: Even more eldo dash wiring help- narrowed down
Author: Paul P. Linn
Date: Feb 10, 2005, 4:27 AM
Post ID: 1718366654
Brian,
As both Karl and Matt have said, try replacing the regulator next. It's a
cheap enough part and I believe everyone should have a spare with them at
all times. It highly unlikely that the generator is shorted itself, but
carefully check your wiring connections to it to make sure none are
shorting. With a short present there can be enough current draw thru the
light to try spin the gen and that's why the fuse kept blowing till you
raised the amperage on the fuse. Be careful with this as you could now melt
the fuse block as many have done in the past. Knock on wood, I have never
had to polarize my generator to get it to charge. Part that's ALWAYS failed
has been the regulator. Was the bike running before you started rebuilding
it?
Paul
73 Eldo "Elvira" 949 conversion
74 Eldo "Daisy" undergoing a full police restoration
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Subject: Re: Even more eldo dash wiring help- narrowed down
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Brian,
you might need to make sure you polarize the generator and the voltage
regulator. Or your generator or regulator has a short. Does it have the
original or an old regulator? A lot of them will fuse one of the contacts
together, if forget which one, but maybe that is causing a direct short,
which would pull current through the light circuit and make the gen spin
(maybe...i'm not an electrician or EE)
A generator is almost the same as an electric motor, in fact some older lawn
tractors used the generator as a starter. If you drive an electric motor, it
will produce voltage. So also, if you put a sufficient voltage across the
generator, it will spin like a motor.
Matt
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From: "brian c" <bcoo-@creedon.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 12:25 AM
Subject: Even more eldo dash wiring help- narrowed down
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Ok, so when I got home tonight I began eliminating wires one by one- and it
is the red wire going to the generator- now here is a weird/bad
thing- I put in a higher amp fuse so it would not short immediately and when
I did this and put the white/black light from the fuse block(power) to the
generator light with the red wire comign from the generaTOR it started
spinning the generator- I have never seEn that before, I double(and
triple)checked the genrator and regulator wires and everything seems fine-
ANY CLUES? Thanks for all the help so far.
Brian
Paul P. Linn wrote:
Did you try unhooking one wire at a time to see which was the cause of the blown fuse? What I mean by that is remove the wire from the generator side and check, then re-install and remove the wire going to the oil pressure and then do the same going to the neutral switch. Also try removing the starter button wire from the top of the fuse and see what happens. Process of elimination. Paul 73 Eldo "Elvira" 949 conversion 74 Eldo "Daisy" undergoing a full police restoration -----Original Message----- From: brian c [mailto:bcoo-@creedon.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 11:37 AM To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: MORE eldo dash wiring help Paul Linn? Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a FREE* MP3 Player - yours to keep! Click Here Now! http://click.topica.com/caac8uxb1dfltb6GIoLa/MP3Player Giveaway ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for the clarification- I re-wired the connections last night as below, and I am still having a problem- the fuse keeps blowing between the white/black wire and the blue/black one at the fuse terminal???? man, sometimes I hate wiring. Paul P. Linn wrote:
Berkeley, CA '72 Eldo '74 850-T Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a FREE* Portable Satellite Radio - yours to keep! Click Here! http://click.topica.com/caac8uyb1dfltb6GIoLf/PortableSatellite Radio Promotion ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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'72 Eldo
'74 850-T
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