Rectifier burned
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:20 am
Hello! I´m totally new to this bikes. Just bought me a fun little GT125, that I hastily destroyed :/
The battery was dead so in order to test the electronics I removed the battery and hooked the bike up to a car battery.
However, I managed to reverse the poles(!) with smelly smoke as a result. I think the smoke originated from the rectifier.
Now the bike is dead, all the lights that worked before still works, but the bike wont start however much i kick.
My theory is that the coils runs on battery-power, but the battery is dead and the rectifier burned so there is no sufficient power to the coils, therefore no spark.
What do you think? Can it be that I burned something else?
If it is the rectifier, where can i find a replacement? Would it not be possible to use a cheap rectifier from another model and make of bike?
The battery was dead so in order to test the electronics I removed the battery and hooked the bike up to a car battery.
However, I managed to reverse the poles(!) with smelly smoke as a result. I think the smoke originated from the rectifier.
Now the bike is dead, all the lights that worked before still works, but the bike wont start however much i kick.
My theory is that the coils runs on battery-power, but the battery is dead and the rectifier burned so there is no sufficient power to the coils, therefore no spark.
What do you think? Can it be that I burned something else?
If it is the rectifier, where can i find a replacement? Would it not be possible to use a cheap rectifier from another model and make of bike?