electrical mod, feel dumb, please help..

[apcsox]

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

[apcsox]

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

[tkent02]

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

How is adding a fuse going to help charging?

[apcsox]

from what i read on those forums it helps maintain the voltage output better than the stock setup

[tkent02]

from what i read on those forums it helps maintain the voltage output better than the stock setup

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?

[Steve]

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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[KiwiGS]

from what i read on those forums it helps maintain the voltage output better than the stock setup

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"

[tkent02]

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..

[Speedo]

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/).

[apcsox]

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

[Nessism]

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

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.

[salty_monk]

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

[Speedo]

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 since overkill will almost never hurt you but unkill could = fire!