Thu, 05 Aug 1999 10:25:39 +0300
- Message No. 6182
From: Jouko Juutilainen
Subject: Re: Melted plastic parts (douple-low experiment
Ari,
if you need more light,I would recommend to use 60 W low / 100 W high beam.
I had it on my RD04 many years without any problems. It is illegal to use
it in Finland, of course, but police did not pay any attention about it. On
the other hand, they were once angry because the both low beam lights
didn't work and I had to tell them it's not allowed. Now this stupid law
has been changed.
Have a nice ride
Joxy
Finland
At 08:41 5.8.1999 +0300, you wrote:
>SH*****T, I opened the switch and it was bloody
>melted....things were just like Marc descriped
>(his mail below). After Marc many others have
>told exactly the same.
>
>Instead of douple-low-douple-high AT I only got
>mono-low AT now (after about 5000 km).
>
>Got to see my switch dealer soon...
>
>Ari
>Finland
>#281
>
>>>> Marc Luethi 4.8.1999 (Wed) 16:22 >>>
>At 10:44 04.08.1999 +0300, Ari wrote:
>>OHH NOOOO, is this a punishment of self-made-douple-
>>low-beam-connection I made last autumn?
>>I dont believe it yet....someone disagree??
>
>Yes it is, I am afraid!
>
>Let me explain in an ASCII drawing:
>
>
>schematic side view of the switch:
>
> <--- --->
>
> --------------------------- BBBBBB
> | I >> I |-----------|BBBBBB
> | I << I |BBBBBB
> | I >> I |-----------|BBBBBB
> |---I_______<<________ I---| BBBBBB
> ____CCCCCCCCC______CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC_
>|_____________________________________|
> / /
> / /
> / /
>
>
>ok... the B is the red High-Beam-Switch-Button.
>
>The I I is a U-shaped metal part, approx 5x3mm in size
> I________I
>
>The >> is a little spring that presses the U-Shaped part agains the
>Cs, which are "contact rails" on a small "Chip", represented by
> ____________
>|____________|
>
>
>The / are the cables connecting to the contacts from the other side.
>
>
>The ------ is the "sliding" part of the switch which is moved
> | |-------
> | |
> | |-------
> ------
>in and out when you press the switch.
>
>
>What has most probably happened is this:
>
>Due to the double amount of current flowing through the U-shaped metal
>thingy,
>it has become considerably hotter than before. This has caused the "slider"
>not to be burnt but to melt a little. Now this will not allow that
>U-shaped-metal
>thingy to slide up and down properly anymore. It has gotten more freeplay
>than before,
>has misaligned itself and got stuck in the slider whithout touching any of
the
>Contacts on the base plate anymore.
>
>Solutuion: *VERY, VERY* cautiously take the switch apart, TAKE CARE not to
>damage
>the "lock" mecanism which holds your slider in place once it's pressed.
>Then free the U-shaped thingy from its stuck position and check that it now
>can slide
>up and down again against the little force of that tiny spring that is
>meant to
>hold it in place.
>
>Well.. I had to repair this thing twice, on both twins. The first switch
>survived and is
>still working, the second switch now has a damaged "lock mechanism". So be
>careful.
>
>Greets
>
>Marc
>
>
>--
>marc@rrr.de YJ@IRC
>http://www.rrr.de/~marc/
>
>
>
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