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by nevada72 » Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:31 pm
Hi all - I've been having a problem keeping my wife's bike running. I confess that this is a CA95 (my CA77 has been perfect!), but the concept should be the same and like another gentleman here said, there doesn't seem to be a CA95 forum. Anyway, here's the deal - The fuse from the battery (red wire) blows about a minute after I start it. I replaced the rectifier with one of the solid state ones. I made sure the rectifier had a solid ground and checked the battery ground - all good. I rang out the hot red wire with the ignition on and off. Off - no shorts to ground. On - grounded only because of light bulb circuits. Once I removed those - no shorts to ground. Battery is fully charged. I started it again today with all the lights on. It ran for a little over a minute, then poof - fuse blows. If I remove the lighting loads, the fuse blows even faster. I put in a new fuse (20 A slo-blow) and ran it again and put my volt meter across the + and - battery terminals. Running it was at 6.14 volts (normal - it's a 6v system for those who aren't familiar with ca95s). After awhile the engine started to stumble, the headlight got very dim, and the volts dropped to about 5 volts. Then the fuse blew. It seems that something is causing a huge drain or short after the bike has been running a bit - not an immediate short if even a short at all. Could this be a voltage regulator? Alternator? I have a shop manual on the way but until then, I'm running out of ideas.
