melted 30 amp fuse

[rmdrake]

yes bagman thanks , i will check all that , this weekend , i did test the regulater/rectifier and one tested bad so i bought a used one , but i will check these other things you mentioned,, i do remember one time i left driving lights on and it wouldnt start so i got a jump and the guy started the the car from which i was connected with jumper cables, and it blew the same fuse im having trouble with , your thoughts ?

 

[bagman]

the guy started the the car from which i was connected with jumper cables, and it blew the same fuse im having trouble with , your thoughts ?

my first thought would be to smack the guy you can toast your electrical system doing that!

 

[rmdrake]

my first thought would be to smack the guy you can toast your electrical system doing that!

well he happend to be in his eighties also he happend to be my dad, he old i should have made myself more clear so im blameing me , and it lookks like i succeded in toasting my electrical system

 

[happyhenry]

i had the same problem.added a 2 nd starter relay as per honkers thread , and it solved my problem.

 

[happyhenry]

oops sorry ,the thread i mentioned is on the other r3 site.it was refered to as "when your starter goes click".i used to get a melted fuse every couple months,and this has seemed to cure it.it seems when starting my bike it was overloading the main fuse ,enough to melt the fuse over time,especially when it was hard starting.every time i hit the starter button and it did not start and i kept pushing the button until it caught it overloaded the whole circut,heating the use.

 

[mexican]

Henry, you scared me silly!!

 

[happyhenry]

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[honker]

Hey its Honker here..As to the 30 amp fuse more is needed.While it is true it is rated at 30 amp it is a very small fuse with very little spade contact. I went to NAPA and bought a much larger fuse holder and 30 amp inline fuse assembly. If I remember right they call it a super fuse. Take your fuse block loose and solder the lead wires of the new fuse block to the existing 30 amp terminals. This will end your problems. Once the old terminals start heating up they deteriorate very quickly making the problem get worse over time. Trust me in this....

 

[Ugarte]

I have always thought that a fuse was either on or off. But apparently they can function but function poorly. Recently my 05 Rocket would run very roughly then smooth for a while then rough again. I could tell the bike was actually losing complete electrical power intermittently because the trip meters would go back to zero.

I checked the ignition switch and battery connections to no avail. When I checked the main fuse it was intact and seemed ok but I replaced it anyway (it was the original main fuse) and that solved the problem. Weird.

I love it when a seemingly complex and very expensive problem turns out to only cost a few cents to fix.