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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner => Topic started by: Silverdream on 28 December 2011, 09:55:34 am

Title: My job today..!!
Post by: Silverdream on 28 December 2011, 09:55:34 am

Looks like i will be doing this today...

The old rectifier connector mod...

One nearly burnt out connector...
(http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/fastaskwak/Fazer1000/2011-12-23103620.jpg)(http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/fastaskwak/Fazer1000/2011-12-23103605.jpg)
Some connectors...
(http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/fastaskwak/Fazer1000/2011-12-23104926.jpg)

Silverdream...
Title: Re: My job today..!!
Post by: eddie on 28 December 2011, 10:12:06 am
any idea what caused it to burn out ???
Title: Re: My job today..!!
Post by: pinkbikerfzs1 on 28 December 2011, 12:01:47 pm
oooooh thats not good, have you checked the main earths?, how much current is coming and going from the rectifier, about 45 to 50 volts from the alternator, and 13.5 to 14.8 should come out of rectifier, although if the current coming out of the rectifier is too high, then the battery or some bulbs would go pop. had a similar problem years ago on one of my cars, blew all the bulbs currently switched on, and the smell of boiling battery acid is rank!! :eek
Title: Re: My job today..!!
Post by: Silverdream on 29 December 2011, 11:49:20 am
Quote from: eddie on 28 December 2011, 10:12:06 am
any idea what caused it to burn out ???


Hi... if you have not checked or looked at this connector yet then read here...

http://www.yamahafz1oa.com/eskortsdefectiveconnectorreplacement.shtml (http://www.yamahafz1oa.com/eskortsdefectiveconnectorreplacement.shtml)

Worth checking... only takes 5 mins to lift the petrol tank and you don't want to be stranded on the side of the road in the great British weather...  :'(

Anyway ... job only took less than an hour.. with a break for coffee and a tab...

I got the connectors off Ebay for £6.50... Anderson Pole connectors 30 amp rated.. here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190494771338?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190494771338?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649)

Some more photos..

Soldered
(http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/fastaskwak/Fazer1000/2011-12-28115511.jpg)
Clips on..
(http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/fastaskwak/Fazer1000/2011-12-28121425.jpg)
Cable tied and done...
(http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/fastaskwak/Fazer1000/2011-12-28122217.jpg)
Title: Re: My job today..!!
Post by: pinkbikerfzs1 on 29 December 2011, 01:04:14 pm
I,m off out to check mine now, I've got both heated gloves and jacket plus sat-nav added to mine, You'd think Yamaha would own up to this potentially serious hazard, as it could cause a fire whilst riding, or a breakdown, which if it occurs on a busy road the consequences are extermely scary!!
Title: Re: My job today..!!
Post by: tomjimtom on 07 January 2012, 12:50:22 pm
Just did this today, using the connectors linked, very easy (although I haven't tested it yet, my battery is dead. DEAD.)

my connector wasn't damaged at all, but I thought I might as well do it  :D
Title: Re: My job today..!!
Post by: Silverdream on 07 January 2012, 04:28:38 pm
 
Nice one Tomjimtom...
 
At least you won't be stuck on the roadside when it does burn out...!!
 
 
Silverdream