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Old 11-07-18, 03:24 PM   #47
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Default Re: Erratic ignition now no power, no start

i'll stick my neck out here and say what i think has happened. i'll take a wild guess and say that the burnt out terminal is the red wire. now since the bike had a fault and broke down i'll say that the terminal was already on its way out. the reason for this is that the regulator in the RR is passing too much voltage or the rectification is collapsing and letting AC through, this is really bad news as the AC is at much higher amps. wiring, connectors and fuses dont care if its AC or DC but the terminals in connectors are specified to certain amperage be it AC or DC when the terminals go over their specified amps then they either melt, explode or in this case heat up causing the plastic around it to melt.
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