I found a nice heavy duty glass fuse block at a local marine warehouse. I need to change the bullet connectors to a eyelet style to make it work. I also need to upgrade the wire from the ignition switch to the headlight fuse, which was causing the problem.
thanks for all the info
Skip & Jane Kologiski Bird at The Wheel Vintage Motorcycle Stuff http://home.earthlink.net/~kkologiski/bird.html Central Florida Reps for the MGNOC (Moto Guzzi National Owners Club). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Cheek" <kg8-@comcast.net> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 3:57 PM Subject: RE: Fuse Block Melt Down
Like Jason said the relays are a great update and clean ,tight connections. Instead of grease we use a bit of antisieze compound . It protects the base metal well and is itself conductive. A silicone O ring used like a rubber band across the fuse helps provide much needed pressure to help the contact. The Antisieze works great on CEV ocntacts too . (Don't get sloppy,JUST on the contacts. If you get ambitous and aren't staying 100% original ,an ATO or Mini ATO fuse block is easily adapted.
BTW it is not uncommon for the headlamp connector or wiring to brush into the fuse block and loosen a fuse ,thereby causing the very problem you experienced. Seen it !! Skip & Jane wrote:
Thanks for all the info. I think I have found the source of the problem. The wire that is causing the melt down is the brown wire that comes from the ignition switch to the fuse block which feeds the head light. The head light is a regular sealed beam but I don't know the watt output.(stock is 45 watt) A while back the ignition switch burned up and I replaced it with a automotive style. My bike is a police model, so I got ride of the old pill box (which melted also) and installed a marine style pull light switch in my dash. So the next weak link is the fuse connection. The fuse in that slot was a 25 amp, which is probably to big causing the melt down. The wire coming from the ignition switch is allot smaller gauge than the wire it feeds from the fuse block. So I need to increase the wire size. I still need to find another fuse block. I have checked around but have not found any that will fit in the headlight. Someone told me that Moto international used to carry a replacement for them. Has anyone ever used one ?
Skip & Jane Kologiski Bird at The Wheel Vintage Motorcycle Stuff http://home.earthlink.net/~kkologiski/bird.html Central Florida Reps for the MGNOC (Moto Guzzi National Owners Club). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Field" <gre-@gregfield.com> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 6:06 PM Subject: Re: Fuse Block Melt Down
Karl:
Make two jumper wires from the main input wire, and plug the jumpers
in
along the top row of the fuse box. This spreads the power through
three
bullet connectors instead of one. No more melting.
GF
On Tuesday, January 6, 2004, at 04:20 PM, Karl Kologiski wrote:
I have been having trouble melting fuse blocks on my eldo. It is melting at the main hot lead on the top left of the fuse block. I have not had
a
chance to really check out if there is a short, but everything works
ok
untill the fuse falls out from distortion. Has anyone had this problem ? My friends Ambo has had the same problem. He just installed a heavy inline fuse to get around the problem.
I am wondering if the plastic in the fuse block is just to old to
take
the heat of the conection. Also has anyone found a good fuse block replacement ?