Its Done !!
Hi all,
Finally sorted this little job, hope its of help or interest.
I have always had charging issues - battery goes flat eventually - and have to put trickle charger on every time I've been for a ride. Checking with multi meter shows barely 12v, 12.5v on a good day !.
All the other items in the charging system proved to be ok following testing procedure outlined by some of you clever people ( DEcosse, Ripper etal). The R/R was ok as well but if I was doing wire mods why not upgrade that as well.
So following advice it was time for new R/R and re-wire.
Ordered R/R - Mosfet FH020, and wiring kit from Eastern Beaver with metri pack sealed connector.
Original plan was to put R/R in existing place, however it is quite big and those connectors are huge. To me it would have looked rubbish.
https://goo.gl/photos/CRKnxYSwAtQyxCS66
Now where to put it ?. When I enquired with DEcosse about his keyless ignition, he said that space would be an issue on my Bonnie. He wasn't joking !!. I spent quite some time fiddling, jiggling, twisting and pulling to no avail. It wouldn't fit anywhere. I wasn't going to put it in the original position. Mmmm.
I had fitted a rear fender delete which gave a nice flat and very exposed position to fix to. So I bounced, loaded abused the rear suspension and there was definitely enough room to fit it.
So, how to protect it ?
Bought some Aluminium plate and angle and ....
https://goo.gl/photos/naHSdZcTrSAmKjfn7
set to work.
https://goo.gl/photos/rSGvQdZrmriCPuuc7
https://goo.gl/photos/zrXCqzy9EnHaGxHp7
https://goo.gl/photos/ZkJB65peShpNdNdM6
Not bad for me !! Now to fix it to the bike.
https://goo.gl/photos/41iFrBfweT165pPs7
Now for the wiring.
https://goo.gl/photos/p2xexGWK6ytrpSSP8
Wires crimped ready for connector.
I wanted to keep the carb heaters, so back to the these pages for reference. Mmmmm. Cant seem to find the right wire !! Two cups of Tea and another read of the forum and, aha , wrong end of loom. Dohh !!
All done and buttoned up, and here's the proof for all my efforts !!
https://goo.gl/photos/Ks4PEoi8EtbVuZRMA
Really pleased with that just above tick over.
Some final thoughts:
More effort was needed to see if it would fit first.
The water proof connectors are quite large and was difficult to squeeze in, and as it turned out wasn't necessary.
The kit from Eastern Beaver is excellent. Now I see how it all works I have the confidence to buy the bits and make my own for future projects.
So far the R/R is nicely protected.
Hope you like my efforts
Jon
PS sorry only links to photos, cant seem to paste from google photos