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Post by rob63 on May 6, 2012 9:05:17 GMT -6
A couple of questions for those more in the know.... I`m chopping an Adly Activator, finished the main work on the frame and now thinking about the electrics, mainly trying to thin them out. I`ve seen a few adverts for battery eliminators, essentially just capacitors, and wondered if anyone on here has used one on their scoot. I`m presuming that my scoot has an AC system as the main lights only work with the engine running. Also does anyone manufacture a blanking plug/plate for the starter motor on a 125 GY6 engine, if I use an eliminator the starter motor will become redundant so I might as well ditch it. One more question....ballast resistors, I have two on the scoot, one for the auto choke which will be ditched along with the choke unit. Another for the main lights, I`m thinking of putting in a simple on/off switch from the lighting coil wire, the question is should I plumb the ballast resistor in the wire before or after the switch ? Any help would be appreciated
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Post by sprocket on May 6, 2012 13:42:45 GMT -6
Not a great idea.. the kickstarters are not designed for daily use...
Just remove the battery..it is used to fllter DC current and smooth the peaks.
The ballast resistors are only there to balance the DC system and hold the voltage to a degree for battery charging. May prevent the RR from overheating..don't know...
If you go the kick onlyroute order spare prt of the kickstarter..especilly the two larger gears, they bend REALLY easily...
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Post by rob63 on May 6, 2012 15:32:24 GMT -6
Cheers for the reply bud. The scoot will only be a plaything for Sunday afternoons so kicker won`t get a lot of use. I can`t run without a battery as I need indicators to be legal so need a power source even if it`s a capacitor unfortunately. I wish more electrical systems were like the old Vespas, no battery, simple loom, but everything still worked. From experience the ballast resistors feed off a lot of unused voltage to stop bulbs burning out, I think I`m going to have to trial and error where I plumb it into the wiring.
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Post by sprocket on May 8, 2012 13:03:03 GMT -6
You can run it all Ac..The lights don't care what type of voltage they get as long as the voltage is in the ballpark of 12-13 volts...
Most stators have a 13 volt Tap or a separate coil that will work just fine...
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