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electrical mod, feel dumb, please help..

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so, I read something on the triumph forums about maintaining better voltage by installing a 30 amp inline fuse from the regulator to the battery.......
http://www.triumphrat.net/1023477-post31.html

anyways, I've read this a few times, but for some reason I can't follow... see title, I feel as though I'm a complete moron right now because now matter how many times I've read it, i feel as though i am missing something........

please, read that post I linked and correct me if I misunderstood the post....... did he link the regulator wires like so

(red hot) reg-----30amp in line----battery
(black ground) directly to battery?

I feel absolutely retarded trying to figure this out since I have funky voltage issues and wish to try this
 
after looking at the picture I think i may have it.... hopefully.... once again, please take a look for me

(red hot)----> 30 amp inline ----> positive battery post
(black ground) ------> negative battery post
 
from what i read on those forums it helps maintain the voltage output better than the stock setup
 
apcsox said:
from what i read on those forums it helps maintain the voltage output better than the stock setup
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Maybe someone needs to read a basic electricity book.

My guess, if this guy had any improvement at all, is that he cleaned up a few poor connections along the way at the same time.
What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
 
His "improvement" was not necessarily the fuse, it was the direct wire.

There is nothing wrong with wiring it that way.

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apcsox said:
from what i read on those forums it helps maintain the voltage output better than the stock setup
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A fuse is just "a piece of wire" which melts before any other important wires melt. The only way a fuse effects a circuit is to act like an open switch when it it "pops"
 
He didn't add anything, he replaced two small fuses with one big one, and used larger wire all along the way.
That could help, if these were too small to begin with..
 
Read Steve's post below. He's right on (again...dang that guy is good). Exactly what I was going to say.

This is basically the same thing as most of the RR stuff/advice here and elsewhere which is to wire RR POS direct as well as RR Ground direct to battery.

(BTW do yourself a favor and read some of the stuff on BassCliff's gs site...very clear...will help you with the old "101" education
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/).
 
okay, so basically the main thing here is just to directly wire the regulator outputs straight to the battery as opposed to their stock routing? all this guy did was a roundabout method of this
 
apcsox said:
okay, so basically the main thing here is just to directly wire the regulator outputs straight to the battery as opposed to their stock routing? all this guy did was a roundabout method of this
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The guy that posted that is the same guy that posted info on how to upgrade your R/R to one of the modern FET type. The idea, as the others have mentioned, is to remove the old wiring from the circuit and start fresh.

Regarding the 30A fuse, for a GS charging system I don't think you need more than a 15A fuse - at least, that's all Suzuki used on our bikes unless I'm missing something here.:-s
 
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I wondered about the fuses too... I guess it's there to protect the battery from a faulty RR or a short in the wire? Can't think of anything else?

Not much point using big wire & then a 15a fuse though... the RR's are rated to 50A - I don't know what's right just thinking aloud!

Dan :)
 
Well, my 79 gs has only one single (and pretty rickety lookin' so hard to believe it's held up - I cleaned it today) 15A main fuse. Honda RR has been wired in (although not optimally) and worked w/o blowing the fuse for over 10years.

So the point here is that yes indeed Suzuki put a 15A fuse on the charging system. At least in 77/78 they did.

I still ran a fat (30A) wire and put a 15A blade fuse in when I wired my RR direct to battery. I like fat. In wires that is:D since overkill will almost never hurt you but unkill could = fire!:eek:
 
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