Why not just use the hondaman and point with a good set of coils and wires.
How long did it take to fail? Is it possible to just be a defect? Mine has been rock solid for a while.
The grommet is not sealed and I had mine mounted horizontal under the seat at the top of the battery tray underside, hidden out of the way for a stock appearance. Water and debris from washing followed the wiring into the box and pooched it (the bike lives in a heated garage when not ridden). The failed box should either be sealed or potted in resin (like say Lakeland does with the Kawasaki stuff http://www.lakeserv.net/kaw/h2_all_in_one/index.html) or mounted in a vertical position with the grommet facing down. Had I known it was not sealed at the grommet I would have sealed it myself. I don't reward poor construction with a second chance and I found something more interesting. It's under 5 years old but not worth the aggravation and shipping costs when I can have something more interesting. Hondaman does not like dealing with Canadian orders from reading his past posts so we are both better off. ![Grin ;D](http://forums.sohc4.net/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
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Easy there, Rotortiller: I have found another way to get back-and-forth to Canada, and the Ignition has a Lifetime Warranty on it.
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Yours is not the first one to be filled with water from incorrect mounting, but if it died from being full of water, it would be the first one that did. The others that got that way worked fine after they were dried back out (3 so far that I know about). One was even filled up 4 times between the Eastern US and Boulder, CO, and worked fine the next day each time, after it dried back out.
The grommet is not sealed for a very good (and patented) reason: when moisture does find its way into this box, the heating effects of the operation boil the moisture back out, through the vent. In the world of electronics, this is known as the "moisture pumping vent" design, and is very common in electronic enclosures that must be kept outside in all sorts of weather. Also in the world of high-heat-cycling electronics like this one, encapsulation is forbidden as no one has ever created an epoxy that will not pull the parts out of the PC board from heat-flexing. When the encapsulant expands slower than the transistors, it pushes downward on their leads: when the transistor cools faster than the encapsulant, it then pulls the leads out of the PC board. This is why you seldom find encapsulation over the high-power components of any analog circuitry, anywhere. With some digital circuits (MOSFETs, in particular) that simply don't heat up, they do get encapsulated successfully: they also have much shorter lives than these types of devices (e.g., modern automotive electronics). I have some of these boxes in constant operation since 1973.
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If you can get it back to me, I'll test/repair it and return it to you at no charge, as stated in the original Warranty.
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