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Offline neil10

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better stronger electrical system
« on: April 29, 2008, 05:05:33 am »
Any ideas to give system a boost?

Offline Gordon

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Re: better stronger electrical system
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2008, 07:44:20 am »
Go through your wiring harness and clean up all the connections.

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Re: better stronger electrical system
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2008, 09:55:12 am »
What is your purpose?

If wanting to add more lights, you could change some of the others to LED...

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Re: better stronger electrical system
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2008, 04:29:52 pm »
Don't forget to add di-electric grease to the connectors on final re-assembly of the wiring system.
I had a water short going on at one time.
I went through the whole wiring harness cleaned and applied di-electric grease, now i have no more water induced problems 8-10k miles later.
I swear the battery holds a charge better. Don't have a battery monitor though.



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Re: better stronger electrical system
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2008, 05:09:21 pm »
I have heard of shops that will rewind your stator to give you modern bike output, which may be my biggest mod. Cleaing up the connections does make a big difference. For major gains you need an alternator mod. 
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