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techtalk:ref:elec30 [2020/02/08 23:36]
hippysmack [Ironhead Wiring Mishaps and Meltdowns]
techtalk:ref:elec30 [2020/02/09 18:28]
hippysmack [The Doctor71'S 1974 xlh]
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 ====== Ironhead Wiring Mishaps and Meltdowns ====== ====== Ironhead Wiring Mishaps and Meltdowns ======
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 +See also illustrated [[techtalk:​ref:​elec07|1959-1985 Sportster Main Wiring Diagrams (created with reference to the OEM manual)]] in the REF section of the Sportsterpedia. \\
  
 It's important to have some sort of fail safe mechanism whether a fuse wire, fuse or circuit breaker inline between the battery and the voltage regulator. ((The Doctor71 of the XLFORUM http://​xlforum.net/​forums/​showthread.php?​p=5805036#​post5805036)) \\ It's important to have some sort of fail safe mechanism whether a fuse wire, fuse or circuit breaker inline between the battery and the voltage regulator. ((The Doctor71 of the XLFORUM http://​xlforum.net/​forums/​showthread.php?​p=5805036#​post5805036)) \\
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 The subsequent dead short heats up the wires, melting them and triggers the carnage shown below. \\ The subsequent dead short heats up the wires, melting them and triggers the carnage shown below. \\
 At this point, the motor is dead, no lights, no nothing. You're stranded on the side of the road, wondering just what happened. \\ At this point, the motor is dead, no lights, no nothing. You're stranded on the side of the road, wondering just what happened. \\
-===== The Doctor71'​1974 xlh =====+===== The Doctor71'​1974 xlh =====
  
 This happened to my 74 XLH and all initially started by a broken horn bracket: \\ This happened to my 74 XLH and all initially started by a broken horn bracket: \\