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<blockquote data-quote="Martyn Goodwin" data-source="post: 36032" data-attributes="member: 2433"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Wondering if anyone has come across this before – and hasany suggestion where I should look next.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I have a ALTON on my bike with the standard ALTON suppliedvoltage regulator. I also am using a SHORAI 9ah Lithium Ionbattery. There is a 40Amp rated isolation switch between the battery andthe rest of the bike – and there is a 15amp fuse between the battery and theisolation switch. I run a substantial earth cable from the batterynegative to the grounding bolt on the UFM then I also run a earth lead into theheadlight shell again from the UFM grounding point. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Here is the problem – when the bike is cold and I start itup all seems well but within a few miles my lights start flickeringintermittently – and just in case you wondered, the fuse does NOT blow. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">In desperation (trying to find the cause and eliminate theflickering) I connected a light directly across the battery terminals – thenwith the motor running I observed the light (it was a LED with a suitable loadresistor). Blow me down, even connected directly across the battery, after a short while withthe motor running the light flickered intermittently. With the motor shutdown the light did NOT flicker.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">This has me beat – has anyone else experienced thisphenomena? Any ideas on a permanent fix??</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martyn Goodwin, post: 36032, member: 2433"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Wondering if anyone has come across this before – and hasany suggestion where I should look next.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]I have a ALTON on my bike with the standard ALTON suppliedvoltage regulator. I also am using a SHORAI 9ah Lithium Ionbattery. There is a 40Amp rated isolation switch between the battery andthe rest of the bike – and there is a 15amp fuse between the battery and theisolation switch. I run a substantial earth cable from the batterynegative to the grounding bolt on the UFM then I also run a earth lead into theheadlight shell again from the UFM grounding point. [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Here is the problem – when the bike is cold and I start itup all seems well but within a few miles my lights start flickeringintermittently – and just in case you wondered, the fuse does NOT blow. [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]In desperation (trying to find the cause and eliminate theflickering) I connected a light directly across the battery terminals – thenwith the motor running I observed the light (it was a LED with a suitable loadresistor). Blow me down, even connected directly across the battery, after a short while withthe motor running the light flickered intermittently. With the motor shutdown the light did NOT flicker.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]This has me beat – has anyone else experienced thisphenomena? Any ideas on a permanent fix??[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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