battery charge light

Hello,

I've just noticed my battery charge light is on while riding. It's not
on bright, more of a dim glow. When the motor is at idle the light
extinguishes, but as the revs climb so does the brightness of the
light. This was at night with the headlight on low and no other real
draw on the battery except the motor itself.
I'm thinking that perhaps the alternator might be on it's way out but
haven't had a chance to have a good look at the bike or the manual.
Does any one else have any ideas of what could be causing this and
what checks I could do?
The bike is a K100RT 1987.
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Cheers
The Happy Drunk
K100RT

 

Better have a beer mate!

 

Ok. that seems great advice
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Cheers
The Happy Drunk
K100RT

 

two alco talking about doing some work in the shed hey...

firstly id put a multi meter on the battery while the bike is on, see if
your getting a charge at all, should be around 14v or so, give it some revs,
see if it stays constant, that be the regulator gawn if it moves..

usually a dim glow means something is drawing too much power, like a
short...

 

The bike is a K100RT 1987.

thems a car type alterynator...prolly its brushes are shot and it needs
a new regulator pack to keep it happy
get the part number and visit your local Ashdown branch

 

you got a car type alternator.
Needs to be rebuilt/replaced
OR change the alternator belt
(yes it does have one)
Even the boxer engines have em

 

Is the alternator running hot and making a funny noise? If so one or
more of the diodes in the alternator could be faulty. This happened on
my Mini when I reverse connected the plug and blew some of the diodes.
The alternator whined and got hot and the warning light glowed dimly.
You might be able to replace just the diode pack depending on how the
alternator is constructed, and how friendly your local auto electrician
is.

 

Cheers,
A mate at work who used to own a K100 said his did the same and gave
me this site to look at
http://www.ibmwr.org/ktech/charge-light-glow.shtml

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Cheers
The Happy Drunk
K100RT

 

Sounds good to me. My battery light hasn't come on for three years. Don't
know why, globe is OK, don't care any more. Make mine a Hahn.

Theo

 

<passes Theo a beer> No worries. We may as well have a shed party
(where's smack) while Happy Drunk plays with his diode!

 

oh that...yes they do that

 

Pisshead Pete wrote:

Shed party !!

Do we get to start bench racing yet ? <JL pulls up a toolbox to sit on>

JL
(I've got an oil light that only comes on when bike's in neutral)

 

You've got a battery charge light? Looxury!!!

 

yep, got a few benches in the shed.

 

You had battery charge? Looxury! We couldn't afford to
charge our batteries when I was a boy. We had flat
batteries, and we were glad of 'em...

G

 

smack wrote:

<hands JL a vodka, Theo a Hahn and Smack a Boags>

My bench is a bit of an old clunker but I'll give it a run.

 

Cheers !

Hehe but it's the talk that counts not the HP !

JL
(I think I need practise on the puns
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On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 16:00:38 GMT, Pisshead Pete

snip most....

Charming......

John <getting his own beer>

 

beer mate?

 

Jeez, how many years do you have you hang around the bar in this place
to get a drink?


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Bill_H

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