How Do I Know If I Have A Charging Circuit
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colestreasures
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Really need to see what you are working with.
Pics would be nice and engine size, does it have a starter on or a place pre-drilled for one . Post some pics of what your working on. At least some engine #s.
Cole
Get the needed battery and take a volt meter and read what the volts are then Hook up the battery and start it. Then hook up a voltmeter to the battery while motor is running and if you get a reading higher than it was to start with you have charge.
colestreasures
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Don't take me the wrong way Axx3d. But this will tell him if his engine is setup or has electric start on it ? Should be able to tell by looking I would think. Maybe not though.
Cole
Don't take me the wrong way Axx3d. But this will tell him if his engine is setup or has electric start on it ? Should be able to tell by looking I would think. Maybe not though.
Cole
I think you may have misread my post or something. It does have electric start currently but I have no battery. I was wondering if there is a way to check visually to determine if I have a charging circuit for the starting battery (which is not there).
A member on here gave me this info, and thats all I have...
Doc Sprocket
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As a general rule of thumb, electric start=charging circuit.
A visual indicator my be the presence of one or two wires coming out from under the flywheel that are NOT related t the ignition coil.
Failing all else, pop the flywheel off. All will become clear.
(Briggs And Stratton engines have this info encoded in the Model-Type-Code, unsure about other manufacturers)
A visual indicator my be the presence of one or two wires coming out from under the flywheel that are NOT related t the ignition coil.
Failing all else, pop the flywheel off. All will become clear.
(Briggs And Stratton engines have this info encoded in the Model-Type-Code, unsure about other manufacturers)
Actually no need to get a battery to see if one would get charged...
Since the engine HAS electric start, it'll have Battery terminals..
Hook up a voltmeter to those and start the engine, if at mid rpm (anything that's resonably higher than idle) the voltmeter reads roughly 13 Volts there is a charging coil installed.
'sid
Since the engine HAS electric start, it'll have Battery terminals..
Hook up a voltmeter to those and start the engine, if at mid rpm (anything that's resonably higher than idle) the voltmeter reads roughly 13 Volts there is a charging coil installed.
'sid
ML-TOYS
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No no no, do it the easy way.
Take yours or your parents car and remove the engine. Next install the motor you have. Rewire the electrical system so you can start from in the car. Now make sure you have a volt meter in the dash, if not install one of those too. If you did all this correct it should start and the meter will read output voltage.
SEE HOW SIMPLE THAT IS
colestreasures
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Take a battery like stated above to find out. Then you will know if you will be needing a new battery or not for it.
Cole
Cole
colestreasures
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Dang don't know how I missed that part.
(Quote)Axx3d.
Get the needed battery and take a volt meter and read what the volts are then Hook up the battery and start it. Then hook up a voltmeter to the battery while motor is running and if you get a reading higher than it was to start with you have charge.(quote)
In that case Axx3d is right. Sorry
Cole
All good lill buddy!
This will not burn out the circuit (no resistance from battery)?
Nope, the voltmeter provides a very reasonable resistance to not harm the charging circuit.
Plus, IIRC it too is protected by the 10Amp fuse you should have build in.
So worst case, you accidentally short the battery terminals and blow the fuse.
'sid
Plus, IIRC it too is protected by the 10Amp fuse you should have build in.
So worst case, you accidentally short the battery terminals and blow the fuse.
'sid
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