Gen1 Generator

[tommyardin]

ITS FIXED!!!!!

I spent a couple of hours last night taking all the joints apart and cleaning them up. I also stripped the Power Pole connectors to make sure they were making good connections. The fault was with the black cable from the rectifier and its connection in the Power Pole. The cables are almost as large as the housing they solder into when connecting to the terminal in the Power Pole. There must have been a bad connection here even though it has performed very well for at least six months. I re-soldered the connector, put everything back together and hey presto I now have 14V at the battery with the engine running.

Thank you to everybody who contributed for your help and patience. Its very much appreciated.

I have been reading this post with interest, not just because of the electrical issue involved but also the dynamics between those who contributed to the discussion. I am really pleased that you have sorted out your problem Old Son, it is always such a relief when you manage (With Help) to sort out an issue that has been dogging you and seems to have no obvious cause. If it is something that is broken and you can see it, then the answer is obvious replace the offending part but with some electrical problems you can neither see it, smell it or touch or tastes it (Taste it refers to antifreeze in water, smell could refer to that nasty smell you sometimes get from your pants when you nearly over-cook it on that hairpin bend lol!) but I am genuinely pleased it is sorted.


I had a similar problem a couple of years ago with my headlights failing, I would be riding along and then just get thrown into total darkness, headlights out side lights out instrument failure, switch off leave it a short period and switch back on and lights would return along with all the other associated equipment. This issue went on for a long time, I had checked about everything I could think of, ignition switch, light switch, dip switch, connections under the seat, battery connection. It transpired to be a large white multi-pin electrical connector under the left-hand-side fairing infill panel. Rain water or through cleaning the bike had got into this connector and had caused it to corrode internally causing the intermittent fault up front. I cut the wires either side of the multi-pin connector and bared about 15mm from the end of each wire, tinned them and slipped a 50mm length of shrink fit insulation over one of each pair of wires before soldering them together (Make sure the shrink fit is well away from the wires as you solder them) this is a permanent fix and as I do not see any reason in the near future why I would want to undo these wires this seemed the answer to the problem, that was 2 years ago and have had no problems since then.
The wires that go to this white multi-pin connector are all colour coded so there should not be any issues of knowing what goes where, as it is a straight one to one connection, but I always take a photo or two with my mobile before taking anything apart. I under stand that is from the expression 'Belt & Braces'
Good Luck and best wishes Old Son.  :thumbup
tommyardin