Hello,
I recently had a resistor on my Pamco burn up while I was riding down the road. Pamco Pete was kind enough to replace the ignition with a new one under warranty, but I am still trying to insure that I track down the culprit that caused my first one to go tits up. I have tested my PMA output (at the capacitor) and it went as high as 15v at idle, but generally hovered around 14.6-14.7v. I have read posts saying that this is too high - and I've seen other posts which appear to suggest that it is acceptable.
My questions are:
a. How high is too high, voltage - wise?
and
b. IF 15v is not too high, is it possible that the green wire on my Pamco, if it were to touch my bike's frame while the bike was running, could cause a resistor in my Pamco to fry?
I only ask about the second scenario because I relocated my coil mount and had to notch it to plug the wire into the coil. My clearance between the frame and the (previously uninsulated, it has since been remedied) connector was maybe 2mm. In the absence of a PMA / R-R issue, this is my next best guess as to what caused my failure.
***The green wire appears to be red in the attached picture, this is a first layer of heat shrink tubing.
Thank you for any insight you might offer, really looking forward to being able to ride again this weekend.
I recently had a resistor on my Pamco burn up while I was riding down the road. Pamco Pete was kind enough to replace the ignition with a new one under warranty, but I am still trying to insure that I track down the culprit that caused my first one to go tits up. I have tested my PMA output (at the capacitor) and it went as high as 15v at idle, but generally hovered around 14.6-14.7v. I have read posts saying that this is too high - and I've seen other posts which appear to suggest that it is acceptable.
My questions are:
a. How high is too high, voltage - wise?
and
b. IF 15v is not too high, is it possible that the green wire on my Pamco, if it were to touch my bike's frame while the bike was running, could cause a resistor in my Pamco to fry?
I only ask about the second scenario because I relocated my coil mount and had to notch it to plug the wire into the coil. My clearance between the frame and the (previously uninsulated, it has since been remedied) connector was maybe 2mm. In the absence of a PMA / R-R issue, this is my next best guess as to what caused my failure.
***The green wire appears to be red in the attached picture, this is a first layer of heat shrink tubing.
Thank you for any insight you might offer, really looking forward to being able to ride again this weekend.
