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TV2 electrics
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 6:43 pm
by Steveshipley
hi just starting to strip a TV2 for restoration. I'm intending keeping it as original as possible (bar a paint refresh) been looking at the electrics and I think I've found the taped off battery feed, but I'm confused by a single brown wire that comes out of the junction box/rectifier and goes to a cylindrical thing (condenser capacitor ???) that's just fastened to the frame. no output from it just a single wire in.
any idea of its function and why it is there?
Thanks Steve
Re: TV2 electrics
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:45 pm
by Grumpy225
Is this your system?
http://scooterhelp.com/electrics/wiring ... .wbatt.pdf
A photo might help determine what's going on.
Re: TV2 electrics
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:27 pm
by Steveshipley
yeah I think so Grumpy, that's similar to the one in Stickys book, but there's no single brown wire going out to a capacitor thingy....?
Re: TV2 electrics
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:36 pm
by Steveshipley
Re: TV2 electrics
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:57 pm
by firekdp
Looks like someone's fitted an external condenser, is there one on the stator? Was it connected to the greens
Re: TV2 electrics
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:03 pm
by Steveshipley
don't know, haven't taken the flywheel off yet or opened the rectifier. I'll check tomorrow.
Re: TV2 electrics
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:05 pm
by johnny650
Steveshipley wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 6:43 pm
hi just starting to strip a TV2 for restoration. I'm intending keeping it as original as possible (bar a paint refresh) been looking at the electrics and I think I've found the taped off battery feed, but I'm confused by a single brown wire that comes out of the junction box/rectifier and goes to a cylindrical thing (condenser capacitor ???) that's just fastened to the frame. no output from it just a single wire in.
any idea of its function and why it is there?
Thanks Steve
sounds like a remote condensor . Its a very good way of fitting a points condensor as you can test it and replace it without removing the flywheel cowling. you can either wire a new condensor into the Stator as per original or fix a new condensor to the wire and clamp the condensor to the frame at a good earthing point out of sight somewhere or better still fit a 2x wire condensor
Re: TV2 electrics
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:34 pm
by Steveshipley
what's a 2xwire condenser? cheers
Re: TV2 electrics
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 1:01 am
by Grumpy225
That's not normal. I think the wire being brown was just what was used. Follow the diagram and you won't go wrong.
Like others have posted it's a secondary condenser, usually used to try to solve an ignition problem (tied to a green wire before the coil). Once you dig in to the stator and associated wiring it should make a lot more sense.
Re: TV2 electrics
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 9:19 am
by Steveshipley
thanks chaps, starting to make sense now.
excellent forum - great help as ever.
Cheers steve