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Alton maintenance?
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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 53664" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>I have an older (7 years) Podtronics reg with the Alton, so it did require isolating. The bike was already wired with a key switch, so this was no problem.</p><p>What was a bit of a problem was that I fed the Alton in such a way that even with the key off it the Alton was interconnected to the ignition feed wire of the converted Norton twin poin twin coil ignition. Turn off the ignition cutting off the battery supply to the points and the bike would sit and happily idle away or run along the road without problem. This was with the sped up version in place, I don't think the direct drive Alton provide enough or perhaps any current at idle. I had to isolate the Alton feed one more step, it now feeds/backfeeds thru the pilot light on/off switch, which in turn is isolated by the key switch.</p><p>It occurs that with the sped up Alton it would be easy to wire things up such that a bike with electronic ignition or even my high draw dual point dual col ignition could be switched to run batteryless in the event of a dead battery.</p><p>Glen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 53664, member: 2708"] I have an older (7 years) Podtronics reg with the Alton, so it did require isolating. The bike was already wired with a key switch, so this was no problem. What was a bit of a problem was that I fed the Alton in such a way that even with the key off it the Alton was interconnected to the ignition feed wire of the converted Norton twin poin twin coil ignition. Turn off the ignition cutting off the battery supply to the points and the bike would sit and happily idle away or run along the road without problem. This was with the sped up version in place, I don't think the direct drive Alton provide enough or perhaps any current at idle. I had to isolate the Alton feed one more step, it now feeds/backfeeds thru the pilot light on/off switch, which in turn is isolated by the key switch. It occurs that with the sped up Alton it would be easy to wire things up such that a bike with electronic ignition or even my high draw dual point dual col ignition could be switched to run batteryless in the event of a dead battery. Glen [/QUOTE]
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