Acewell Problems??? anyone........

[smajure]

Over the last few weeks I have been noticing that my Acewell Speedometer was beginning to flicker or shut down. at first I thought it was because i hadn't ridden in about 3 weeks, during our winter here in New Orleans, that is. I dont know where to start to figure out if it is my charging system or a flaw in the speedo itself. I will include a video of this problem. while I am showing example of this by revving the engine in the attachment. it does it at idle too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottmajure/8525619401/

 

[SONICJK]

That certainly looks like an electrical issue. I highly doubt it's the gauge though as it seems to flicker with rpm.

Test your battery, hook a battery charger to it and fire it up and see if it still does it. I'm betting its just a deadish battery.

If not though, check your ground for the speedo.

If that doesn't get it I would look into your regulator you may be getting voltage spikes high or low causing it to flicker. An easy way to check is your headlight for this, at idle look at it and see if it flickers, it Should be constant.

Also while running out your multimeter on the battery and see what your reading it. It should be relatively constant, i it's bouncing more than .2 or so I'd look further into your regulator.

Edit: I hate typing on my damn phone I have to edit posts 5 times before I fix all the stupid ass autocorrect bullshit.

 

[Redbird]

Scott, Is the headlight going out when you rev it? In the vid it looks like it is. Also, does the backlight on the Acewell go out when the display goes out? It's also hard to tell in the vid.

If the headlight is going out as well... I'd guess it's a regulator/rectifier (or some other charging issue).
If the headlight is constant, and the backlight is constant... I'd guess it's an issue with the Acewell.

If you had a loose "ignition hot" on the Acewell, the backlight would go out too. They're on the same circuit.