Non starter, full battery

Originally Posted by noob-saibot

electrical fault finding step by step jobbie from electrosport

whatever that is, i may need one, what is it?

Originally Posted by noob-saibot

Give us a shout if you need a hand/head lad. Ive got the new optimate yoke that tells ya if your battery is good/poor/dud. Also ive an electrical fault finding step by step jobbie from electrosport that i had to use many times for my electric gremlins months ago.

Originally Posted by Lucas

whatever that is, i may need one, what is it?

I'll txt ye slater so, it's still charging away, which seems odd as the bugger wasnt that far off fully charged imo

Was it a cheapo battery?

hell no 70 euro ( real money ) about 55 pounds i guess

Originally Posted by Lucas

whatever that is, i may need one, what is it?

Here ya go. Its ok but you have to think outside the box aswell. Turns out my problems were a combination of dodgy reg/rec and dodgy reg rec to battery wiring at the same time..

http://www.electrosport.com/technica...ding-guide.php

Originally Posted by noob-saibot

Here ya go. Its ok but you have to think outside the box aswell. Turns out my problems were a combination of dodgy reg/rec and dodgy reg rec to battery wiring at the same time..

http://www.electrosport.com/technica...ding-guide.php

thanks

now you mentioned the combo problem you had, I had a similar issue but not sure. I had a duffed reg, now got a working second hand one and all is fine but...

here's the question (sorry for hi jacking thread) with engine at idle, is it normal for the regulator/rectifier's negative wire (the black with white stripe) to get warm to the touch? (is it because it carries a high current to charge the battery?)

or could it be casued by dodgy reg rec to battery wiring?

Battery practically charged any way, stuck it in, fired up, after a bit of fiddling with the starter motor, seems it's given up the ghost, off the the suzuki dealer, and picked up a new one, i'll fit it in a wee while so.

All sorted? was it the starter?

Starter relay actually, seems the contacts were fecked, so i replace the unit, for 60 euro, well worth it for piece of mind i guess ..

i had same prob last year then it went totally dead no ignition lightd put jump leads on and it was tuning over with no keys in turned out to be the relay which then cooked the battery