TurboBlew
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posted January 03, 2005 04:10 PM
Why would the stator wires get extremely hot?
So hot that they melt the connectors together. Any idea?
(hint: there is NO oil or foreign substances involved)
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slug
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posted January 03, 2005 05:43 PM
1. excess current draw (a short somewhere). If the rectifier/regulator is fine
2. poor connection resulting in high-resistance connections
if it is JUST at the connectors, i would suggest #2 as primary culprit.
here's a set of connectors on my bike last year: i caught it before it completely failed.
   
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Spyral
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posted January 03, 2005 05:53 PM
I am with Slug's #2 if it is isolated to the connectors only. If that is the case I would venture to say you had a poor connection due to perhaps a bit of debris in the connectors that cause an increase in resistance across said point of contact.
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VincentHill
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posted January 03, 2005 06:08 PM
 Edited By: VincentHill on 4 Jan 2005 10:26
They will get corroded from just the air, Specially salt air and start to insulate themselves where smaller and smaller areas flow more and more current until thjey get so hot that the melt the connector! I see it all the time in Older bikes that have not had a part taken off or cleaned.
They will get corroded from just the air, Specially salt air and start to insulate themselves where smaller and smaller areas flow more and more current until thjey get so hot that the melt the connector! I see it all the time in Older bikes that have not had a part taken off or cleaned.
What I do is dip the connectors into Tarnx after I use the Cleaning Kit I got for the Porsche (It consist of stainless wire brushes of which some are shaped like small pipe cleaners with Bristles and some are like a Kitchen Broom and others are like bench brush.)
I carefully clean up everything and then dip the connectors into the Tarnx to completely clean them and then use contact cleaner and let dry.
I use a large amount of Dielectric Grease (Stuff the connectors) and push them back together and never have a problem
The Key is when new and no problem use the contact cleaner and the Grease to avoid this in the first place.
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Dino
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posted January 03, 2005 09:51 PM
# 2 is the correct answer. I eliminated the connecter completely.
I used butt connecters and then soldered them (at Ozzys insistance) and haven't had a problem since.
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