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Z1r battery gauge
- spdygon
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My question is should it move to the positive side when running like in cars?
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1976 Kz900A4 (Red)21K miles
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So that's the way they are ...evening with the battery disconnect it does not move.
Wierd...
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1982 GS1000sz Katana ( #15...17K Miles)
1982 GS1000sz Katana ( # 297....7100k Miles)
1978 Kz1000 Z1R. 10K Miles1
1978 kz1000 z1r 27k miles
1977 KZ 1000 A ( Project ) 54K Miles
1976 Kz900A4 (Red)21K miles
1976 Kz900A4 ( Red)7500 miles
1974 Z1 900 project
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If nothing... I'd say it is worthless and total junk.
Bruce
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First Permanent ride the Z1R since Dec1977 (220,000km) as of June 2015
Second permanent bike 1989 FJ1200 dyno'd 140RWH, great bike.
Third ride is now the Frankenstein 1981 GPZ1100B1, 1983 fully recon motor fitted LOVE THIS BIKE
Forth my work bike FJ1200 1989 (same type as FJ above)
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1976 kz 900 x 3
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www.kzrider.com/forum/5-chassis/325862-triple-tree-custom-work
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Bozo....what kind of meters are u using....does the Tech have built in shift light.
I would like that
1982 GS1000sz Katana ( #15...17K Miles)
1982 GS1000sz Katana ( # 297....7100k Miles)
1978 Kz1000 Z1R. 10K Miles1
1978 kz1000 z1r 27k miles
1977 KZ 1000 A ( Project ) 54K Miles
1976 Kz900A4 (Red)21K miles
1976 Kz900A4 ( Red)7500 miles
1974 Z1 900 project
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In a sense, it is still a volt meter but it is not measuring battery or charge voltage.
The meter is measuring the very tiny voltage drop across that shunt resistor, while under some kind of load, steady state or charging the battery while running all the electrics.
However, EVERY current (AMPS) meter I've ever dealt with , if working, will show some kind of deflection when presented with different loads.... like I previously had mentioned.
Bruce
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The large gauges are from speedhut fitted to the original spare gauge shells I had. The speedo is GPS and the tacho does have rev lights which work really well (mine are set at 9,500rpm).spdygon wrote: Check voltage....there is voltage at the meter but meter does notion.
Bozo....what kind of meters are u using....does the Tech have built in shift light.
I would like that
Sorry to get off the original topic.
My answer still stands the ampmeter never worked properly, I did try various resistive loads which helped a bit.
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I've had two amp gauges in my bike, and bench tested them both, so I know the gauge itself is working fine. I've never actually measured the shunt wire with a precision ohm meter, so it's possible that the value of the shunt is incorrect on my bike. But I'm pretty certain that the wire is in place (not cut out or shorted), so it shouldn't be any lower resistance than the factory intended.
The FSM says that the "+" side is charging and the "-" discharging. It also says the shunt is 1300mm, but doesn't give enough information to figure out how much battery current the gauge is designed to show. I suspect that the current required to cause a substantial needle deflection would only be present if there were a serious issue, a current large enough to blow some fuses. I suspect they sized the max deflection for the max current (maybe that 20 amp main fuse), and so normal charge or discharge doesn't really register.
Anyone have a 4-wire milli-ohm meter handy (and a Z1R harness) to measure the shunt? I don't have access to one at the moment.
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If you also knew the DC volts at that exact same load... then use Ohm's Law.
Ohms = Voltage/Current.
Bruce
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