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Electrical Problem !!
Hi all, just getting the 3aj ready to go back on the road after winter. been starting her now and again this last few weeks, last week the battery was flat(brand new last summer & been kept on an optimate charger!) anyway i put a car charger on the battery(still in bike) & left it to charge for a day or so. now when i hit the starter all i hear is a buzzing sound coming from the solonoid, i got another solonoid from a breakers and fitted it today but it just makes the same buzzing noise!!! anyone have any idea what has went wrong? could something have burnt out because of the car charger being connected and if so, what? thanks for any answers in advance. Big T
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Best bet.... if your battery aint dead from charging from a car charger
The buzzing sound from your relay is caused by your starter motor brushwires being cooked by having it on the car charger and short circuiting and or petrol leaking from the carb overflow onto the starter...mini whoosh. This short circuit drains the battery at a greater capacity then it can deliver hence causing the relay to bounce. Remove the starter motor and reinsulate or replace the brush wires.
...because it happenned to me too lol.
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Thanks, I,ll have a look at that. never had any problems before, when i used a car charger on a bike.
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even so it's not a good idea. You can boil the battery at surprisingly low amperage.
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The buzz is due of the flat battery or low power of the battery.. I had (and still have) the same problem but I've fitted a kickstart and fitted a new battery I had at home but yet have to get a new regulator/rectifier because it won't charge the new battery.
Clean the solonoid contacts and the contact on the cable at the starter motor, and also, the battery contacts... if they have any type of corrosion of course
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Hi, the battery is now fully charged and i,ve checked all the connections also. still buzzing. I,ll have a look at the starter motor tmw. thanks again. any other sugestions welcome.
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