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Blowing fuses!

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Follow the heat, it's probably a high contact resistance in a plug bullet connector or switch. Fuse blocks are also likely.
 
One stator wire getting hotter than others probably means a bad connection - could be right at stator or along path to r/r. Since you are in a cabin in the woods, remove your headlight fuse- this drops load on stator as the SH-775 compensates nicely. Ride in the daytime till you get back home. Watch your turn signals flashing- if no flash, then battery voltage is dropping and ignition will soon die.
 
tom203 said:
One stator wire getting hotter than others probably means a bad connection - could be right at stator or along path to r/r. Since you are in a cabin in the woods, remove your headlight fuse- this drops load on stator as the SH-775 compensates nicely. Ride in the daytime till you get back home. Watch your turn signals flashing- if no flash, then battery voltage is dropping and ignition will soon die.
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This might be helpful; it is olde fashioned

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8C8qPoMZdo
 
Thanks OldVet66 and tom203, for your information.

posplayr... recusing yourself from further participation in this thread was a good plan.
 
GS2GO said:
Thanks OldVet66 and tom203, for your information.

posplayr... recusing yourself from further participation in this thread was a good plan.
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Just remember to post back how it all goes for ya.
 
Now I'm thinking that the bouncing around on the ride back caused a frayed wire to short against the frame somewhere.
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that's possible.
Assuming fuse blows when no key turned on "bouncing in truck", Did you look under the gas tank? and check the whole harness including the keyswitch...wherein is the red wire attached to ignition....+ power is always "present" at the ignition switch too . It could find a path to ground via one of the harness wires or the frame. Also on the red wire too where it comes from R/R ...anywhere that shares the line with that blowing fuse.

It should not be present "below" the r/r as all the "+" is supposedly blocked by diodes of the Rectification function of the regulator.You can make a test lamp from a turn signal, in your cabin.
You can also use a brakelight bulb to replace a fuse but it will restrict current in the circuit, unlike a fuse.The bike won't run too well! BUT it still might indicate something. It might allow you to look for a short without setting your bike on fire in the harness or wherever...wiggling stuff will make the light bright one hopes and that would tell you it is a short.

A hot stator wire "at the connection" means that it is the "weakest link" in the circuit with too much resistance for the current it carries but it does not mean it is the CAUSE of blowing fuses. It is a symptom of poor connection -another thing to fix.
 
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I have taken the bike out a bunch of times now, always a little further than the time before, and stopped along the way to feel if the wires were warm. So far all is good! Thanks to all for your positive responses.
 
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