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Charging system/ starting woes

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koolaid_kid said:
My standard size Shumacher has a starting mode of (supposedly) 40 Amps. It is what I would call a hand-held vs. one on a roll cart.
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The one he used was on like a dolly, he only used 40a, but I am sure it went much higher.
 
The 2 red wires are the output voltage. I would splice them together, put a 20A fuse inline, and connect to the battery. the 2 green wires are your grounds. Depending on your outlook, you could run 1 to the battery and 1 to a frame ground. Or run both to a common ground, dealer's choice.
Multiple wires decrease heat and increase efficiency, so I would certainly connect them all.
 
I wired in the new R&R, soldered most all the connections. One neg wire to frame the other to batt + . I still have a flaky charging system. The stator wires get warm when running. I am using spade connectors, and there are a couple butt connectors inline as well.
I am getting tired of it, so I am going to solder the wires in now. I tested the stator and it checks out fine. I think the heat created in the wires is because of resistance in the wires caused by bad connections.
 
chef1366 said:
I gave up on spade conections and just solder mine in too.
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Yup spades are no good, every spade that I had was running hot/warm.
I soldered every connection i could find in the charging system.
 
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