where do i put a balast resister By roketafan (Read 3,532 times)

[tvnacman]

Sprocket , he has the 4pin regulator . Its interesting you say they stopped useing the ballast resistor . When I went through the 4 pin regulator , it was suggested to me to use the ballast resistor . I'm starting to think that the difference in the 4 pin regulator is the older style as your stating about 07 or older needed the ballast resistor . Then when ther designed the regulator (4pin) in my 08 they made a change in the regulator and not needing the ballast resistor .
Did I make any sense ?

John

[sprocket]

Yes the 2008 scooter generally had more lights and load.. they went to 35W35 headlights and dual tail lights.. the system was balanced this way and the resistor was dropped...

[roketafan]

yup sure do

[tvnacman]

I have become a fan of the 7 pin regulator , it has a feedback wire that goes to switched power . Based on what the voltage feedback is it adjusts to dc output of the regulator . If you ground it it will spike the output voltage 16+ volts , connected it sits at about 14.2vdc at idle . The best part of the deal is all the part places have the regulator ready to go no mystery .

John

[new2scoots]

I'm working on my brother's scooter (Longbo 150cc), which also has an overcharging problem (and blowing headlights) and after replacing a few electronic components and having two bad regulators, I decided to check the wiring once more. Turns out I had a short. The yellow wire going from the stator to the regulator had continuity with ground. I didn't think that was good so I 'unwrapped' all the wires in the harness and looked for damaged wires. I found some bundles of yellow wires soldered together which led to check what they all branched out to. I discovered that unplugging the enricher solved my problem. I checked continuity between the two terminals on the enricher plug and it was present, so it appears there's a short in my enriched wiring. I ordered a new enricher and regulator so I'll know for sure when they come in.

Quick question, this scooter has a center light in the front that uses a small bulb, similar to the license plate bulb. The bulb holder was rubber that hardened and broke so it no longer holds the bulb. I decided to just disconnect it. Do you think that alone will decrease the load enough to cause problems? I wouldn't think so, but if it does, perhaps adding one of these resistors would help. The scooter didn't come with one originally. Then again, it was bought second hand so I don't really know for sure.

[sprocket]

No those bulbs are just 6 or 8 watts...shouldn't have too much impact on the charge system.

[ratrod]

My 08 has a ballast resister but it looks to be in line with the ground side of the enrisher and reduces the voltage to 6.5 when I checked it with the fluke meter. Is this normal as I do not see the same device on a friends 08 Both of our voltages seem proper and stable. Could this be of any help.

[sprocket]

Ya most enrichers before 2008 had resistors.. now they are built into the enricher or not required