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Offline nicks2319

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Battery LED volt meter in empty frame tab
« on: July 24, 2014, 05:09:26 PM »
Just finished up my summer restore on my 71 cb500 and thought I'd share what I did with my ballistic battery monitor. Ended up attaching it to one of the empty frame tabs. Should be pretty cool at night. I'm curious to see if it ends up draining the battery at all.

Ballistic battery monitor in cafe 71 cb500 frame tab

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Offline sammermpc

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Re: Battery LED volt meter in empty frame tab
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2014, 01:05:09 PM »
Love that -- what'd you use for the voltmeter? Looks like you got other electronics jammed in there. What's the other meter?
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Offline nicks2319

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Re: Battery LED volt meter in empty frame tab
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2014, 01:17:19 PM »
Bought the LED monitor from here, but looks like he is no longer making any :(

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=790886



I also have an Argus Battery bug in there, but not connected all the time. Starter and starter solenoid are removed.
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Re: Battery LED volt meter in empty frame tab
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2014, 01:25:22 PM »
nice!
got mine for about $4 off ebay.  Its no bigger than a quarter. comes in 3-4 colors.
I sealed all but the face with some black plastidip spray.
Had it wired into my headlight there, so it reads a litte low with the bike off, but I rewired it to my starter solenoid during my rebuild and it reads true now.

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Re: Battery LED volt meter in empty frame tab
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2014, 01:41:47 PM »

Quote from: flybox1 on July 25, 2014, 01:25:22 PM
nice!
got mine for about $4 off ebay.  Its no bigger than a quarter. comes in 3-4 colors.
I sealed all but the face with some black plastidip spray.
Had it wired into my headlight there, so it reads a litte low with the bike off, but I rewired it to my starter solenoid during my rebuild and it reads true now.



Cool, would you happen to know from which seller you bought it ?


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Re: Battery LED volt meter in empty frame tab
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2014, 01:45:02 PM »
Nice build.

Do you have a build thread?
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Re: Battery LED volt meter in empty frame tab
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2014, 01:57:23 PM »
Quote from: bjbuchanan on July 25, 2014, 01:45:02 PM
Nice build.

Do you have a build thread?

Thanks, and nope, it was a quick build. Had it back together in a couple days after I got the frame back from powdercoat.
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