I was most of the way home last night when I noticed that the lights had gone out (the bike's, not mine..). On checking, there was a faint glow. Battery (two Cyclons in parallel, 6V) run down, due to non charging.
The bike is in the shakedown phase, and was off the road for 30 years. I think the Lucas dynamo needs 'flashing' to wake it up.
I think that the method for flashing is to disconnect the dynamo from its drive. Connect battery earth terminal (in this case, + ve) to the body of the dynamo, and the other terminal to the D terminal on the dynamo, and let it motor for a few seconds. Is that correct?
Paul
The bike is in the shakedown phase, and was off the road for 30 years. I think the Lucas dynamo needs 'flashing' to wake it up.
I think that the method for flashing is to disconnect the dynamo from its drive. Connect battery earth terminal (in this case, + ve) to the body of the dynamo, and the other terminal to the D terminal on the dynamo, and let it motor for a few seconds. Is that correct?
Paul
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