30-12-13, 05:13 PM
Thanks for the reply Fazerider, some useful information in there, especially about the trip meter and connecting in series.
All the chargers I've got wired up have inline fuses, wasn't aware distance from the battery mattered though, but they are all pretty close. I might take a look at wiring everything into the ignition directly, but direct to the battery was the easiest option at the time and I think for the ignition I'd need to drill some screws out(?), I'll check the Haynes...
I did have the tank up yesterday and had an eye ball of the connectors that were visible around that area, nothing untoward jumped out, but didn't have the Haynes on me at the time so wasn't as thorough as I had liked. I'll do as you suggest and dig out the wiring diagram for the charge circuit.
I had checked the battery voltage when the engine was running @ 5k revs sometime last month and it seemed fine, but do need to double check that when the new multimeter gets here.
Re the 11.5 reading on the Back Up circuit, would you suggest that between the trip meter draw and multimeter impedance that it isn't something I need to worry about then?
All the chargers I've got wired up have inline fuses, wasn't aware distance from the battery mattered though, but they are all pretty close. I might take a look at wiring everything into the ignition directly, but direct to the battery was the easiest option at the time and I think for the ignition I'd need to drill some screws out(?), I'll check the Haynes...
I did have the tank up yesterday and had an eye ball of the connectors that were visible around that area, nothing untoward jumped out, but didn't have the Haynes on me at the time so wasn't as thorough as I had liked. I'll do as you suggest and dig out the wiring diagram for the charge circuit.
I had checked the battery voltage when the engine was running @ 5k revs sometime last month and it seemed fine, but do need to double check that when the new multimeter gets here.
Re the 11.5 reading on the Back Up circuit, would you suggest that between the trip meter draw and multimeter impedance that it isn't something I need to worry about then?