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Post by spondonchris on Dec 4, 2011 19:35:42 GMT 1
My plug melted in the loom, its common, Gary Robbo told me exactly why it happens but my pea brain forgot what he said.
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Post by marsbar350 on Dec 4, 2011 20:59:29 GMT 1
too close to the radiator;)
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Post by arrow on Dec 4, 2011 22:48:04 GMT 1
My plug melted in the loom, its common, Gary Robbo told me exactly why it happens but my pea brain forgot what he said. Why is this common ?  Anyone ? |
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Dec 5, 2011 9:30:36 GMT 1
Main reason it will get hot is a bad connection, the high resistance of the connector generates heat.
Always goes there as it is the highest current carrying connector on the loom. Flat battery won't be causing it as if you look at the current draw when charging a battery it is under 1 amp where your lighting circuit will draw over 5 amps. Also bike runs without a battery so most work done by the generator.
Take the connector apart, make sure it is clean and that the female ends connectors are nice and tight and it should be ok.
Personally I've just removed mine and replaced with a good old 4 way 6.3mm spade connector, wasn't going to fork out £180 for a new loom for a £2 connector.
Steve
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Post by cb250g5 on Dec 5, 2011 20:34:50 GMT 1
Might be the battery... The rectifier / regulator needs a decent 12V reference, to allow it to judge how much of the alternator output to send to charge the battery & how much to dump as heat.
If the battery is 0V and won't take a charge, this can confuse the r/r and it could be drawing max current from the alternator, trying to charge the battery, for what they cost, either charge yours, or replace.
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