Post by countcrackula on Apr 21, 2013 18:41:54 GMT -5
Long post, so jump to the bottom if you don't care about how I got to where I am with my problem.
I've been trying to get my taotao 50 to spark for a while now. I'm assuming it is the stator because of the open circuit from CDI power to ground. I finally went through a troubleshooting guide and here is what I found:
Triggering voltage(BLU/Y) 0.12 VAC
Trigger Resistance 140 Ohms
CDI Power (R/B) 21 VAC
CDI Power Resistance Open!
Primary Coil Resistance .6 Ohms
Secondary Coil 7.8K Ohms
Yellow and White from the stator resistances are normal. Kill switch and main switch are ok, plus I removed the black and white kill wire going into the CDI just in case.
I replaced the CDI and plug before I checked the stator resistance. The problem is, I feel like I shouldn't be getting any voltage from the triggering coil if it is not grounded. I would love for this to just be a stator problem, but I'm beginning to think the scooter is cursed.
After looking at the connecting plug, I noticed that there is a ground plug on the CDI side that plugs into nothing on the stator side. I'm assuming that the stator grounds itself to the crankcase, but I thought it was odd that there was a ground wire connected to nothing. I still read an open circuit when measuring from the black and red wire to the body of the stator and there was nothing. I pulled off the tape and tried to inspect the wire, but i couldn't get connection between the two poles. I stripped the wire and everything, but I have no idea why there wouldn't be any resistance between the wire going in and the wire going out of the same coil.
Basically, I'm planning on just buying a new stator and hoping that that's going to fix my problems. If not, does anyone have any suggestions on what else it could be? I've been messing around with this on and off since last September, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm probably going to buy a cheap one off of amazon or something unless anyone strongly suggests otherwise and can recommend another vendor.
Sorry for the long post and if I said anything stupid. I'm new to all of this fixing stuff nonsense.
I've been trying to get my taotao 50 to spark for a while now. I'm assuming it is the stator because of the open circuit from CDI power to ground. I finally went through a troubleshooting guide and here is what I found:
Triggering voltage(BLU/Y) 0.12 VAC
Trigger Resistance 140 Ohms
CDI Power (R/B) 21 VAC
CDI Power Resistance Open!
Primary Coil Resistance .6 Ohms
Secondary Coil 7.8K Ohms
Yellow and White from the stator resistances are normal. Kill switch and main switch are ok, plus I removed the black and white kill wire going into the CDI just in case.
I replaced the CDI and plug before I checked the stator resistance. The problem is, I feel like I shouldn't be getting any voltage from the triggering coil if it is not grounded. I would love for this to just be a stator problem, but I'm beginning to think the scooter is cursed.
After looking at the connecting plug, I noticed that there is a ground plug on the CDI side that plugs into nothing on the stator side. I'm assuming that the stator grounds itself to the crankcase, but I thought it was odd that there was a ground wire connected to nothing. I still read an open circuit when measuring from the black and red wire to the body of the stator and there was nothing. I pulled off the tape and tried to inspect the wire, but i couldn't get connection between the two poles. I stripped the wire and everything, but I have no idea why there wouldn't be any resistance between the wire going in and the wire going out of the same coil.
Basically, I'm planning on just buying a new stator and hoping that that's going to fix my problems. If not, does anyone have any suggestions on what else it could be? I've been messing around with this on and off since last September, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm probably going to buy a cheap one off of amazon or something unless anyone strongly suggests otherwise and can recommend another vendor.
Sorry for the long post and if I said anything stupid. I'm new to all of this fixing stuff nonsense.
volts AC RMS if there were no pauses. )