1 Wrong Relay (Resistance part Duex) Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:59 am
Lucky Lou
active member
I stripped the fuel tank off to investigate my ongoing starting troubles and low resistance reading yesterday, as i disconnected the battery i heard a relay clicking.....mmm ignition was off so no relays should be energised.
When i first got the bike in January it had been off the road for several years and needed a bit of tlc soon after getting it on the road i started to get spurious electrical problems which initially were put down to the Loadshed relay i fitted a new one which did not clear the problem, as it turned out it was the starter motor commutator causing the trouble (sorted with help from you guys thanks) i cleaned that up and it curred the gremlins but casting my eye back that was when the battery flattening issues started.
The grey relay is the "new" one as supplied by Motorworks the "Blue" one is the original, its impossible to fit the relay incorrectly due to the pins the new relay is energising as you fit it so i have dumped it and replaced it with the original which i fortunately kept. I will be speaking to Motorworks about this as there no way that should have happened.
Everything seems ok i wont be riding again until the weekend fingers crossed i have taken it off charge we will see if it starts but i am confident that the problem was the relay.
Lou
The relay coil shows a resistance of 53 ohms close to the reading i was getting and the circuit is reading clear so it was definitely the culprit.
When i first got the bike in January it had been off the road for several years and needed a bit of tlc soon after getting it on the road i started to get spurious electrical problems which initially were put down to the Loadshed relay i fitted a new one which did not clear the problem, as it turned out it was the starter motor commutator causing the trouble (sorted with help from you guys thanks) i cleaned that up and it curred the gremlins but casting my eye back that was when the battery flattening issues started.
The grey relay is the "new" one as supplied by Motorworks the "Blue" one is the original, its impossible to fit the relay incorrectly due to the pins the new relay is energising as you fit it so i have dumped it and replaced it with the original which i fortunately kept. I will be speaking to Motorworks about this as there no way that should have happened.
Everything seems ok i wont be riding again until the weekend fingers crossed i have taken it off charge we will see if it starts but i am confident that the problem was the relay.
Lou
The relay coil shows a resistance of 53 ohms close to the reading i was getting and the circuit is reading clear so it was definitely the culprit.
Last edited by Lucky Lou on Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:17 pm; edited 4 times in total (Reason for editing : picture not working)