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2 questions.
Hey all.
Firstly, I noticed that when I turn my scoot on, the voltage sits at 12V, perfect...but when I start her up, the voltage jumps to 15V, and remains there while I ride.
On the bright side, it isn't dyin' on me, but I'm worried it's not being regulated properly, and the battery might get fried. Any thoughts?
Next, well, there's been a lot of bikes being stolen in my neck of the woods, right outta peoples driveways.
I picked up some python locks (braided cable with a rubberized coating) that lock with a key. I'm wondering just how much effort would be needed to cut something like that.
Thanks in advance for your time,
Enjoy.
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Firstly, I noticed that when I turn my scoot on, the voltage sits at 12V, perfect...but when I start her up, the voltage jumps to 15V, and remains there while I ride.
On the bright side, it isn't dyin' on me, but I'm worried it's not being regulated properly, and the battery might get fried. Any thoughts?
Next, well, there's been a lot of bikes being stolen in my neck of the woods, right outta peoples driveways.
I picked up some python locks (braided cable with a rubberized coating) that lock with a key. I'm wondering just how much effort would be needed to cut something like that.
Thanks in advance for your time,
Enjoy.
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RE: 2 questions.
The battery holds 12V + or -. With the alternating generating current while running it should be 14.7 + or -. If the alternator quits alternating, you will see no voltage increase when you start it, and a gradual voltage decrease as the motor sucks the battery dry.
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RE: 2 questions.
you can get the factory alarm if you dont already have it .
xena makes a disc lock with an alarm the more things they will have to disable will make a thief move on to something easier
xena makes a disc lock with an alarm the more things they will have to disable will make a thief move on to something easier
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RE: 2 questions.
Thats nothing a cheap set of bolt cutters get through. My friends w/g was lifted litteraly into a pickup at a local bar by 4 guys and gone in about 20 sec. Since then I have had fulllll coverage on everything paid for, cheap , expensive whatever!
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RE: 2 questions.
I tried to cut the braided cable on one of those locks with bolt cutter, and a hack saw it was not a fast thing to do, I finally had to us a set of wire cutters to finish it off, I worked on it for a total of 20 minutes.
