reddevilmedic Posted July 4, 2013 Share #1 Posted July 4, 2013 wheres the thread on how to make a lead so the battery icon will go out. damn flashing light driving me nuts. thanks in advance, remember, im no electrical genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairiehammer Posted July 4, 2013 Share #2 Posted July 4, 2013 The write up is in the Technical Library. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=489 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingy Posted July 4, 2013 Share #3 Posted July 4, 2013 wheres the thread on how to make a lead so the battery icon will go out. damn flashing light driving me nuts. thanks in advance, remember, im no electrical genius. A 1.2K ~2K ohm resistor from 12v+ to the White with red tracer wire that the old sensor attached to. Reason for the resistor is that the plug for the original sensor was at the midpoint of the battery, so it saw in range of 6-7v. This is what the circuitry in CMU was designed to be triggered at. If full battery voltage is applied to the input circuit bad things happen and it lets a little smoke out, never to work again. The resistor drops the voltage into the expected range, clears the CMU icon, and clears the red warning light. I needed to replace it due to a break at the resistor in what is in Tweety. I put a 1K and a 470 in series and it is working fine. Resistors are very cheap, radio shack is a good place to get them. Skydoc also sells a harness to fix this in classifieds. http://www.venturerider.org/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=3766&title=first-genbattery-icon-bypass-lead-kit-21&cat=22 Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peder_y2k Posted July 4, 2013 Share #4 Posted July 4, 2013 QUESTION: My '88VR has no in-battery sensor (removed), and the battery related warning flasher does not blink, remains on steady. Is this non-blinking normal? The others blink accordingly. -Pete, in Tacoma WA USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddevilmedic Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share #5 Posted July 4, 2013 the icon stays on, but the red light flashes warning.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingy Posted July 4, 2013 Share #6 Posted July 4, 2013 I think the blinking ceases after about a minute. That's what mine does when fuel hits low warning. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddevilmedic Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted July 4, 2013 mine blinks all the damn time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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