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Post by circuitbent on Apr 21, 2015 7:41:10 GMT -6
While troubleshooting the electrical system on my Meitian MT50QT-2, I've found a white plastic doohickey at the front of the scooter. One of the wires appears to be connected back to the the ignition switch. The owners manual for this scooter has a wiring diagram, but the diagram doesn't match the actual wiring of the scooter, and doesn't show this part. Can anyone identify what this is?  |
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Post by cyborg on Apr 21, 2015 8:18:56 GMT -6
A guess would be an electrical buffer of some kind to lessen or eliminate surges in power,,,, this is only my opinion,,, I'm sure Alley will chime in here
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Post by circuitbent on Apr 22, 2015 10:29:20 GMT -6
Thanks for the response, cyborg. I'm starting to suspect it's a fuse or a diode, but not sure. I was hoping that someone on here would have come across the same thing, but I haven't found anything yet in my searches online.
The scooter appears to have a a wiring harness to support an alarm/remote-start, but it appears that the alarm was removed. It's also possible that this piece could be related to the old alarm system...
I'm still holding out to see if anyone else has seen this part before.
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Post by Guitarman on Apr 23, 2015 1:42:01 GMT -6
It looks like a join/coupler. It's used to connect two wires when you take a part out. Most likely the alarm was removed and they used this to re-connect the wiring back to spec.
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Post by cyborg on Apr 23, 2015 7:17:11 GMT -6
You guys may be right it could be a fancy schmancy jumper
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Post by Guitarman on Apr 23, 2015 11:33:52 GMT -6
Easy way to find out. Take it apart and see.
Have a new one handy just in case....
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Post by circuitbent on Apr 23, 2015 12:23:53 GMT -6
I like this theory. I'll take it apart to be sure, and post a picture. Thanks!
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Post by tvnacman on Apr 23, 2015 18:35:30 GMT -6
is there more to see? like any markings. Looks like it unplugs, if you shine a flashlight does the plastic become translucent. Maybe ? is it plastic or ceramic?
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Post by Guitarman on Apr 23, 2015 23:43:24 GMT -6
I think he should dip it in gas and then hold it up to a lit match to see if he can see thru it....
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Post by circuitbent on Apr 24, 2015 0:35:44 GMT -6
Guitarman, I was ready to try the gasoline idea, but I was all out of matches. I had to settle for cutting off the plastic cover with a hack saw instead. Under the cover I found a resettable fuse- part # RF16 900B. Here are the pics:   Its 16V 900mA resettable fuse ( Wikipedia article) Manufacturer PDF for part. |
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Post by Guitarman on Apr 24, 2015 0:53:34 GMT -6
Dang it. Who woulda thunk it? An actual real part on a Chino. Now I've seen everything. LOL  |
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