Starter shorting out main fuse?

[burp reynolds]

OK, here's what I did.

put an in-line fuse, (5 or 10amp, not sure how much starters draw) from the positive of the charger and hook that to the post on the starter.
does it blow then?

now I have a question for you... when did light bulbs start having anodes? (or cathodes for that matter)

I suspect He would say... don't worry about the starter, worry how you treat others...

I got a test lead with a 10A fuse in it, and holding the new(used) starter against the frame of the bike, jumped the post on the starter to the battery. This blew the HELL out of that 10A fuse. Should I try it with a 30, or are we done here? Has anyone tried this with a starter known to be good?
Isn't an anode just a post through which electricity flows into a component?

OH, and I tried holding the start button with the starter not installed, and the fuse didn't blow.

[rustybronco]

I got a test lead with a 10A fuse in it, and holding the new(used) starter against the frame of the bike, jumped the post on the starter to the battery. This blew the HELL out of that 10A fuse.

I don't have an ammeter, to be able to tell you the no load current draw of the starter, in start and run conditions.

can you measure, the resistance of the starters, and see if they are the same?

when measuring the resistance of the starters, be sure to zero out the meter you are using.

[burp reynolds]

I don't have an ammeter, to be able to tell you the no load current draw of the starter, in start and run conditions.

can you measure, the resistance of the starters, and see if they are the same?

when measuring the resistance of the starters, be sure to zero out the meter you are using.

Yeah, uh, for a guy whose dad is an electrician, I'm woefully inept with those things. And as far as asking him goes, he donna speekka eenglish so verry good, you know?

[rustybronco]

Don'na need engli, if you get him to come over, with an inductive ammeter and he dvom....
and say dad?????????????????????

I wish I could find the starter spec's.

[rustybronco]

Item_______No-load data__________Locked-rotor data

Voltage........11 volts........................5.5 volts

Current.........50 amperes or under.....280 amperes or under

Torque........................................./ .35 kg-m or over

speed........... 4,500 r/min or over

[burp reynolds]

Wha?

Item_______No-load data__________Locked-rotor data

Voltage........11 volts........................5.5 volts

Current.........50 amperes or under.....280 amperes or under

Torque........................................./ .35 kg-m or over

speed........... 4,500 r/min or over

Ok, thanks. So, I think I can guess at the first set of numbers, but I have no clue about the second set. This is probably a good time to mention that I'm not, uh, I guess you say, bright. I'm going to run with what I think the green set means, and suppose that under normal conditions, a good starter should not blow a fuse under 50A. Is that what I'm supposed to be thinking? Like I said, the orange numbers are freaking me out.