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With all these tools I must be able to wreck something
Topic Started: Dec 22 2017, 12:50 PM (281 Views)
papasmurf
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Just getting ready for a Destroy It Yourself project. Fitting a far more reliable electrical component to one of our motorcycles as the original component made in a shed somewhere in the far East, (I don't mean Norfolk,) is known to have a 100% failure rate within a few years.
Just one problem the replacement has six connectors the original one has four.
The new one of course comes with no instructions, but it does come with four spare 30 amp fuses, a "universal" mounting bracket and a load of various wiring and connectors.
I have searched out my electrical wiring tools.
So I will have to wait for a fine day, do the job outside and make sure I have a fire extinguisher to hand.



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Steve K
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what could possibly go wrong?

Best of luck with it

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Steve K
Dec 22 2017, 12:58 PM
what could possibly go wrong?

Best of luck with it

You never know:-

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I would get someone who knows what they are doing to fit it.
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gansao
Dec 22 2017, 05:23 PM
I would get someone who knows what they are doing to fit it.
I am always have to undo what so called local experts have done as it is. Other than that the one person I would trust to do it is having well earned two weeks off over Christmas. He is doing another job for me in January when his workshop is quiet.
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papasmurf
Dec 22 2017, 12:50 PM
Just getting ready for a Destroy It Yourself project. Fitting a far more reliable electrical component to one of our motorcycles as the original component made in a shed somewhere in the far East, (I don't mean Norfolk,) is known to have a 100% failure rate within a few years.
Just one problem the replacement has six connectors the original one has four.
The new one of course comes with no instructions, but it does come with four spare 30 amp fuses, a "universal" mounting bracket and a load of various wiring and connectors.
I have searched out my electrical wiring tools.
So I will have to wait for a fine day, do the job outside and make sure I have a fire extinguisher to hand.




Use logic.
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Affa
Dec 22 2017, 09:47 PM

Use logic.
In the absence of a wiring diagram. (None exists, the motorcycle is not a production model.) I will have to use logic and a multi-meter. Plus changing from the old component to the new one, one wire at a time.
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papasmurf
Dec 22 2017, 09:53 PM
Affa
Dec 22 2017, 09:47 PM

Use logic.
In the absence of a wiring diagram. (None exists, the motorcycle is not a production model.) I will have to use logic and a multi-meter. Plus changing from the old component to the new one, one wire at a time.
A good old analogue multimeter does not lie and quickly eliminates wrong wiring to the right connection.
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Dec 22 2017, 09:56 PM
A good old analogue multimeter does not lie and quickly eliminates wrong wiring to the right connection.
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Rich
Dec 22 2017, 09:56 PM
papasmurf
Dec 22 2017, 09:53 PM
Affa
Dec 22 2017, 09:47 PM

Use logic.
In the absence of a wiring diagram. (None exists, the motorcycle is not a production model.) I will have to use logic and a multi-meter. Plus changing from the old component to the new one, one wire at a time.
A good old analogue multimeter does not lie and quickly eliminates wrong wiring to the right connection.
They are priceless tools :thumbsup:
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Steve K
Dec 22 2017, 10:48 PM
They are priceless tools :thumbsup:
Very cheap tools at the moment for the Destroy It Yourselfer.
Mine also has a heat sensor probe which is handy for sorting out which cylinder is not firing on multi cylinder engines, instead of burning your fingers.
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papasmurf
Dec 23 2017, 07:20 AM
Steve K
Dec 22 2017, 10:48 PM
They are priceless tools :thumbsup:
Very cheap tools at the moment for the Destroy It Yourselfer.
Mine also has a heat sensor probe which is handy for sorting out which cylinder is not firing on multi cylinder engines, instead of burning your fingers.
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Those infra red temperature sensors are dirt cheap and very accurate now
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Steve K
Dec 23 2017, 09:25 AM


Those infra red temperature sensors are dirt cheap and very accurate now
In this case it isn't infra red, it is a thermocouple probe.
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papasmurf
Dec 23 2017, 09:39 AM
Steve K
Dec 23 2017, 09:25 AM


Those infra red temperature sensors are dirt cheap and very accurate now
In this case it isn't infra red, it is a thermocouple probe.
Which is why I pointed out that the contactless infra red ones are now better

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£11.29
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Steve K
Dec 24 2017, 01:41 AM
papasmurf
Dec 23 2017, 09:39 AM
Steve K
Dec 23 2017, 09:25 AM


Those infra red temperature sensors are dirt cheap and very accurate now
In this case it isn't infra red, it is a thermocouple probe.
Which is why I pointed out that the contactless infra red ones are now better

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£11.29
!jk! :thumbsup:

It takes a little time for some old stagers to accept the technology of the 21st century.
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Dec 24 2017, 09:21 AM
!jk! :thumbsup:

It takes a little time for some old stagers to accept the technology of the 21st century.
What the **** are you on about? I was commenting on what I happen to have. If I were carrying out a thermal audit of my home I would use the infra red kit.
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papasmurf
Dec 24 2017, 09:50 AM
Rich
Dec 24 2017, 09:21 AM
!jk! :thumbsup:

It takes a little time for some old stagers to accept the technology of the 21st century.
What the **** are you on about? I was commenting on what I happen to have. If I were carrying out a thermal audit of my home I would use the infra red kit.
Well, seeing as how you are not spending Christmas day on the beach, treat yourself to a thermal digital thermometer and grudgingly part with £12 quid.

Good god man, there is even an app now to upload that turns your mobile into a spirit level....technology knows no bounds, grasp it and use it, for free. ;-)
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Dec 24 2017, 10:17 AM
Well, seeing as how you are not spending Christmas day on the beach, treat yourself to a thermal digital thermometer and grudgingly part with £12 quid.

Good god man, there is even an app now to upload that turns your mobile into a spirit level....technology knows no bounds, grasp it and use it, for free. ;-)
I have a digital thermometer for decades, handing for taking my temperature and making bread.
My mobile phone is ancient and is only for emergencies. I have no use for a modern one because the local area is a "not spot," for modern mobile phones.
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