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Post by ryaanlx on Jun 12, 2013 1:03:04 GMT -5
Ok, so i have a Peace Sports 50 it has the headlight built into the handle bars, along with all the switches. I removed the handle bars, and put a bicycle headset and handle bars on. I relocated all the switches. So i turned the front blinkers, which are the oval shaped lights on the front into head lights. I went out and bought myself 10w bulbs that would fit into the blinker socket, i ran the wires into my wiring harness where the fog and headlights were. It didn't work at all. So then i re-wired it so that the wires leading from the back of both bulbs were going direct to the battery on a switch i had purchased at a local autoparts store. They worked at first, i flicked the switch and bamm, fried the wires from headlights to battery, how else should i wire them so i wont run into these problems.
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 12, 2013 8:26:52 GMT -5
[replyingto=ryaanlx]ryaanlx[/replyingto]You're going to need a resistor between your setup it sounds like, so you're not getting the full electric charge from the battery. Have you tried hooking them up directly after the voltage regulator? If you have a multimeter you should be able to find a spot where the wires aren't at such high amperage and voltage; remember that the stator charges the battery while it's running so running something directly from the battery will require a capacity for the higher voltage and amps. This might be of some help:  You could try a 2.2ohm resistor between the lights and the battery which would drop the voltage from 12 to 9.7, but with the stator and motor running that voltage spikes I think. Sorry if this is of no help, I only have a basic understanding of the electrics in the scooter. But I've been working on other electrical stuff for years. |
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Post by unknownuser01 on Jun 12, 2013 10:07:21 GMT -5
You could try a 2.2ohm resistor between the lights and the battery which would drop the voltage from 12 to 9.7, but with the stator and motor running that voltage spikes I think. Mostly correct! However, when running electricity off the battery, you won't see a voltage spike. From the stator(alternator), power goes to the rectifier(regulator) which cuts out the power spikes and converts to DC. From there the power goes to the battery. Power off the battery should be a steady voltage. |
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 12, 2013 11:24:56 GMT -5
[replyingto=unknownuser01]unknownuser01[/replyingto]Thank you for the correction. I'm not as familiar with scooter electronics as I should be.
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