Charging problem

[Hooli]

Somewhere on an old Trumpet forum I saw a link to a mutlicolour LED. Shows red/amber/green for charging levels, small tidy, neat & easy to add without ruining the look of the dash.

I used to cheat a bit & if I suspected charging when out turn the heated grips on, the later Oxford ones I had detected the noise of the charging circuit when the engine was running, so if the led flashed like the bike wasn't running I knew it wasn't charging. Not perfect but an easy check when out.

[Dwain Dibley]

D.D. Hope you fuse it somewhere near battery. Ive seen results of similar non fused, on a car, wire rubbed through on firewall. Not pretty. Just my thoughts Mate. 👍

Mmmm....I havn't.......but maybe I will.  Would a 5A inline be sufficient ?

D.D.

[KiwiCol]

Yup, a 5a fuse would be heaps, especially if the only draw on that line is the display.  You could comfortably go smaller, like a 1a or 2a if it's just the digital display.

[Dwain Dibley]

Cheers, got this from Amazon, should do the trick, and let me play in the Garage for a couple of hours.         

D.D.

[Dwain Dibley]

All done.

D.D.

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[kangaspaja]

Little update, one friend told while ago that heat kills modern magnets. Now have to say that i believe that because when oil temp goes 110°C charging fade away even on rpm. Most likely magnets been damaged by heat (bike got few time very hot last summer) and now when gets hot they lose power. Not a fact but my opinion 

-Mikko