No worries Carl, we must have got our wires crossedcybercarl wrote:Thanks chris, my mistake then. I was thinking of a heavy duty car jump lead and visions of sbikerbud trying to connect huge crocodile clips on a small (well small in comparison) connection. I realize it needs to be a fairly chunky cable that why I said similar circumference. To small a diameter cable will just melt or overheat and too large, would that not loose some power in the excess thickness of cable and slow the current down.Carl that was exactly what I was referring to, a car type jump lead. It needs to be heavy duty to carry the amps from the battery.
It was just a thought.
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Thinking about your problem Alastair, I cannot help thinking your bike starting problem sounds more like a wiring problem on the ignition side seeing as the dash goes blank when it occurs, as you say it could even be an earth issue. If the ignition side is not powered the starter motor won't spin over when the starter button is pressed.AMCQ46 wrote: on mine it is dead quiet, but as the spedo LCD goes blank it is clear that there is current being drawn and the voltage is dropping, then 30 sec later it cranks and fires OK. hence I think the starter is stalled [brushes or bearings]
When it happens again you could even try the direct feed from the battery to the started motor test yourself.
Chris.
