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Blown reg/rec fuse
- Thread starter rider119
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Possibly a short to ground some where. Do you have all your electrical in a fake oil bag? If so you probably rubbed w ire against the oil bag enough to short.
Your reg/rec should not be in an oil bag anyway. It gets hot and needs good air flow to not overheat.
The fuse between the reg/rec and the junction to the fuse going to the key and the other fuse from the battery to fuse are not really needed. Hook the red wire from the reg/rec to the red wire coming from the battery, then hook these two wires to the fuse going to the key.
The way you have it is ok but you are just wasting fuses.
By the way the fuse TO the reg/rec is the wrong way to describe it. It carries power FROM the reg/rec.
Leo
Your reg/rec should not be in an oil bag anyway. It gets hot and needs good air flow to not overheat.
The fuse between the reg/rec and the junction to the fuse going to the key and the other fuse from the battery to fuse are not really needed. Hook the red wire from the reg/rec to the red wire coming from the battery, then hook these two wires to the fuse going to the key.
The way you have it is ok but you are just wasting fuses.
By the way the fuse TO the reg/rec is the wrong way to describe it. It carries power FROM the reg/rec.
Leo
rider119
XS650 Addict
No, nothing is in an oil bag. I'll check the grounding. Well I'd rather blow a couple cent fuse than fry my pma, rec/reg or something else.
Newagerocker
XS650 Addict
rider119,
XSLeo is correct you are not providing any added protection with those two extra fuses. For that particulr fuse to blow I would suspect a loose ground connection at the regulator/rectifier creating a high resitance draw or a frayed wire as already suggested.
XSLeo is correct you are not providing any added protection with those two extra fuses. For that particulr fuse to blow I would suspect a loose ground connection at the regulator/rectifier creating a high resitance draw or a frayed wire as already suggested.
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Glad you popped a fuse, instead of toasting something expensive. The regulator may have grounded the battery supply. Fascinating how one fuse in a series can blow, leaving the other intact. Murphy's law rules. Just to refresh:
http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?p=315468#post315468
After you get the wiring settled-out, then you could opt for simplifying like your original diagram...
http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?p=315468#post315468
After you get the wiring settled-out, then you could opt for simplifying like your original diagram...
rider119
XS650 Addict
So what fuses out of those three do I and do I not need?
See my post #2.
Leo
Leo
rider119
XS650 Addict
Just curious if those fuses being where I have them are hurting anything? As I see it they're doing no harm, just protecting from something going wrong?
