Any auto electricians on deck?

StuMiller · Post by **StuMiller** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:00 pm

Hi there,

I bought a 150cc quad bike for kids and something is causing it to blow a fuse eveytime I connect the new battery.

I jump started it once and it ran fine. I then changed the battery for an identical and whenever I connect each side to the 20amp fuse, it cooks it.

Not really too sure where to start looking.

All suggestiond welcome.

Cheers.

smithy5 · Post by **smithy5** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:54 pm

Follow the wiring and see if any of the insulation is damaged. Sounds like it's shorting out somewhere.....

6maniac · Post by **6maniac** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:20 pm

At the risk of being Captain Obvious, you did connect the new battery correctly ?

StuMiller · Post by **StuMiller** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:34 pm

6maniac wrote:At the risk of being Captain Obvious, you did connect the new battery correctly ?

Certainly did. Double checked that, just in case...

h.b.bear · Post by **h.b.bear** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:48 pm

+1 with smithy,sounds like a bad short,but just out of curosity try putting the old battery back in,unlikely but it could be a faulty battery

StuMiller · Post by **StuMiller** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:14 am

h.b.bear wrote:+1 with smithy,sounds like a bad short,but just out of curosity try putting the old battery back in,unlikely but it could be a faulty battery

I also tried this. Put a new fuse in and tried to jump start it again off the car. Same result. A cooked fuse.

Having looked at the interweb for some ideas on problems solving etc, a possible faulty solenoid seems to come up frequently.....may be a quick fix.....

How can I test whether the solenoid is working correctly?

Post by **robracer** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:17 am

Geebers don't jump start from the car battery, you might cook the lot

Jonno · Post by **Jonno** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:19 am

6v or 12v system?

StuMiller · Post by **StuMiller** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:21 am

Jonno wrote:6v or 12v system?

12 volt

Post by **MadKaw** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:03 am

We had one of those quads and it was constantly flattening the battery - ours had an alarm on it that was the problem..
The wiring is pretty lousy so I'd check and see if any has melted and is shorting...

h.b.bear · Post by **h.b.bear** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:18 am

MadKaw wrote:We had one of those quads and it was constantly flattening the battery - ours had an alarm on it that was the problem..
The wiring is pretty lousy so I'd check and see if any has melted and is shorting...

same as above but on a little 50cc,went made ripped all foreign looking wires out even the little head lights and never had a problem after that believe it or not

StuMiller · Post by **StuMiller** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:31 pm

I think this is a resistor and shouldn't be leaking a sticky brown smelly fluid.

This maybe the issue.

Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure nothing should be leaking a sticky brown smelly fluid...

Thoughts....on the suspected issue?

StuMiller · Post by **StuMiller** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:09 pm

Correction, its a voltage regulator. Those in the know, would this cause a short and the fuses to blow?

h.b.bear · Post by **h.b.bear** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:10 pm

probably would if all melted inside

StuMiller · Post by **StuMiller** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:35 pm

Problem solved. It's up and running.

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