Electrical probs

HerbalDayZ · Banned Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Karma :

Ive mentioned a few times how my indicators are bit iffy that they dont flash when going at lowspeeds but when the revs are high they work fine .

Ive now noticed if i have the lights on everything works fine nutural indicators etc etc .

Then i came to another problem when cleaning my bike i pulled the wires out of my indicators .They stopped working completly the flasher on the clocks froze an indicator wasnt coming on .I followed the wires an managed to work out what i done an had pulled the 2 wires out.

Altho when riding my bike yesterday everything whent off no lights indicators nutural nothing worked atall .I stuck my hand into what seems a bodge job of wiring as i got heated grips alarm etc etc all by the forks moved few wires an everythign came back on.

Then it happend again today so i just fiddled with the wires an they all worked again :S.

Problem is theres so many wires an shit all over the place i dont know whats doing it or where the hell to start looking ? .Can someone advise me where to start there must be a mian wire i thought which is either broken or loose but what or where it is i have no clue .As i said theres lots an lots of wires all over the place an without maybe pulling them all out an trying to re wire it which i must be honest an admit i dont think i can do is there somewhere i should start .

Im guessing theres a main wire for the lights inidicators nutural etc but where does it run from what does it look like .Also when turning the key in the ignition to turn power on i have no nutural till its started up .I thought i may have duff bat but well when the bikes running the lights get brighter when i rev an everything works .

Things that are weird 1)Horn doesnt work very well atall an when i rev high press horn the lights seem to dip when i press it 2)indicators dont work without the lights being on or high speed 3)as mentioned everything whent off untill i fiddled with the wires cables not knowing what i was actualy doing more trying to just find loose connection ?

Oh an i remembered when i used the back brake the nutural light faded so did the main beam lights .Seems anything that uses the electrics horn back brake etc seems to short stuff out ?
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Rookie · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Karma :

Things dimming at low revs are probably due to a dodgy battery. It may just need charging; Lidls are selling trickle chargers for £5 today, so get down there sharpish and see if they have any left. If charging it up overnight doesn't solve it, you probably need a new one.

If moving the bulk of wires about seems to stop this cutting out happening, it's probably a dodgy connection somewhere along the line, or possibly corroded wire(s), or something earthing on the frame, who knows? It's time to whip of somefairings and have a look around, see if anything looks amiss. If it does, it's best to get it down to a mechanics so they can say what exactly is wrong with it.

HerbalDayZ · Banned Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Karma :

Cheers Rookie .Was late last night an find it hard to explain what i mean sometimes .I hope the info i gave was bareable an understandable .

I really think theres some dodgy wiring as well everything whent off when pulling aboutthe wires they all came back on an was better .Indicators worked etc .

I still have no clue tho to why the nutural light does not work untill the engine starts .Thats whats making me think i have a loose connection some where that i need to find an sort out .

Ill take pic in bit to show what i mean about a "MESS" of wiring every wheer an making it hard to know where to even start without making things worse

p.s whats a "trickle chargers" mean whats a trickle charger ?
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HerbalDayZ · Banned Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Karma :

Anyone with some advice please .No sarcastic remarks just some help would be much appreciated
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Mr.Everready · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2003 Karma :

A trickle charger keeps your battery at top charge all the time.
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HerbalDayZ · Banned Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Karma :

How often do i have to use it ? .Would that mean removing the battery everynight an putting it on charge ?.One time a week or somthing .

thanks MR.everready
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Rit · Trackday Trickster Joined: 24 Jan 2006 Karma :

Not sure about the ones at Lidl but mine has a connector that you can leave on the bike all the time. That way you just plug your charger into it. You could knock sommat up to fit on your bike if the Lidl ones dont have them (and at 5 quid it aint bad)

If you ride it every day I wouldnt have thought you would need one. I got mine because I only use the bike a couple of times a week.

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HerbalDayZ · Banned Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Karma :

Thanks to the both of you no ratings left fo rtoday will sort it out later.

1 problem i live in a flat on the 2nd floor got no way of getting near my bike its in the carpark .

Is there another good kind of charger i can get .That you could surgest i dont mind removing the battery well tbh ide have to as i have no other way of charging it
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Mr.Everready · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2003 Karma :

If you stay in a flat and the bike is out in the open then that is a different kettle of fish all together. Laughing

Looks like you'll have to take the battery out and charge it inside, nothing else you can do.
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edd · Nearly there... Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Karma :

if i were you id check your regulator rectifier
check what voltages its putting out as you rev your bike up,
should be about 15 ish
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HerbalDayZ · Banned Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Karma :

How do i do this edd ? .

1 thing tho i said above my lights an everything keeps cutting out .I put my hand into the mess of wiring they come straight back on i think there may be broken wire of something is braking connection but i dont know where to start its bit of a mess .I prob need the main wire that does lights nutural indicators etc
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