Im going to a capacitor instead of a battery,,replacing battery with a capacitorI know I can now loose the safty switch but this little unit on the back of the battery box does anyone know if with this set up, can i loose this as well.
XS pm batteryless
...when I did my conversion I wired up batteryless...take the 3 white wires from the alternator to a rec/reg...from the rec/reg then comes a positive and a negative...the neg goes to earth and the pos to a capacitor-min 10000µf and 25 volt-get the capacitor with the screw type terminals...the capacitor has 2 poles-neg goes to earth again-pos has both in-from the rec/reg-and out-to the fusebox...look at the newer ktm offroaders or a wiring diagram for one, they use this system-in fact if you find a wrecked one you can get the capacitor complete with the rubber mounts and the mount bracket...this simplifies the standard wiring and in fact you can remove all the extra safety relays etc completely...another alternative is to replace the original battery with a small gel type...once again it gets rid of the old battery box, at the same time you can remove all the unneccesary relays etc...I folded up a 5mm alu plate that fixes to the same mounts as the battery box under the seat-this holds all the electrics and makes a nice clean space under the seat especially when the filter boxes are replace with conical air filters...
...remember though that like the zenor diodes from old british systems, rec/regs translate excess power into heat so MUST be mounted somewhere that gets constant air flow to cool it... I fixed the rec/reg to the plastic lower rear guard-after reinforcing the other side...
...as the alternator is permanent magnet you dont need a battery to kickstart the bike...as soon as it moves it is generating power...allows you to remove the starter motor too also saving more weight...as these are relatively useless anyway there is no great loss...actually there is a great weightloss gain-no battery-no battery box-no complicated relays and relay wiring-no starter motor...and a way better power source...you can only win...
XS pm batteryless
...when I did my conversion I wired up batteryless...take the 3 white wires from the alternator to a rec/reg...from the rec/reg then comes a positive and a negative...the neg goes to earth and the pos to a capacitor-min 10000µf and 25 volt-get the capacitor with the screw type terminals...the capacitor has 2 poles-neg goes to earth again-pos has both in-from the rec/reg-and out-to the fusebox...look at the newer ktm offroaders or a wiring diagram for one, they use this system-in fact if you find a wrecked one you can get the capacitor complete with the rubber mounts and the mount bracket...this simplifies the standard wiring and in fact you can remove all the extra safety relays etc completely...another alternative is to replace the original battery with a small gel type...once again it gets rid of the old battery box, at the same time you can remove all the unneccesary relays etc...I folded up a 5mm alu plate that fixes to the same mounts as the battery box under the seat-this holds all the electrics and makes a nice clean space under the seat especially when the filter boxes are replace with conical air filters...
...remember though that like the zenor diodes from old british systems, rec/regs translate excess power into heat so MUST be mounted somewhere that gets constant air flow to cool it... I fixed the rec/reg to the plastic lower rear guard-after reinforcing the other side...
...as the alternator is permanent magnet you dont need a battery to kickstart the bike...as soon as it moves it is generating power...allows you to remove the starter motor too also saving more weight...as these are relatively useless anyway there is no great loss...actually there is a great weightloss gain-no battery-no battery box-no complicated relays and relay wiring-no starter motor...and a way better power source...you can only win...
not sure it it was being on thier side or my driving....
