Starting/charging circuit
- Thread starter Ferdy
- Start date
Ferdy,
Do you have an ignition switch that you want to use or do you just want switches? Do you have any of the Mini wiring or will you be building this from scratch? Is the alternator a standard 3 wire one & do you have the connector? Is it a ballast coil 9v or a none ballast 12v?
Alan...
Do you have an ignition switch that you want to use or do you just want switches? Do you have any of the Mini wiring or will you be building this from scratch? Is the alternator a standard 3 wire one & do you have the connector? Is it a ballast coil 9v or a none ballast 12v?
Alan...
Hi Alan
I don't have an ignition switch just a push to start. It has a normal 12v coil as far as I know, and a standard 3 wire alternator. I have no wiring at all. Basically my son was building this but has moved on to a Land Rover, and left dad to finish the buggy and try and recover some of £8k I have spent on this, yes £8k everything is new, it was planned to SVA this but I just need to get it finished and sold.
Thanks
Ferdy
I don't have an ignition switch just a push to start. It has a normal 12v coil as far as I know, and a standard 3 wire alternator. I have no wiring at all. Basically my son was building this but has moved on to a Land Rover, and left dad to finish the buggy and try and recover some of £8k I have spent on this, yes £8k everything is new, it was planned to SVA this but I just need to get it finished and sold.
Thanks
Ferdy
Alan
Thanks for your help, It's a pride thing I think, I want to see it run!
I might take it round a local track and then either sell or swap it, might take it to a kit car show and see if I get any interest, it should look the dogs nuts when it's finished.
Thanks again
Regards
Ferdy
Thanks for your help, It's a pride thing I think, I want to see it run!
I might take it round a local track and then either sell or swap it, might take it to a kit car show and see if I get any interest, it should look the dogs nuts when it's finished.
Thanks again
Regards
Ferdy
Ferdy,
Sorry no nice drawing via autocad or anything but should work
If it's not clear enough just put http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/g ... Wiring.jpg into a browser & then holding the Ctrl key down scroll the mouse wheel it will zoom in.
As to wire sizes, not my forte, but earth from battery & engine need to be BIG, along with the battery to starter , the 2 from alternator down to starter motor want to be 30A each the rest can be 16A. you may also want to consider putting a fuse in on the wire from the battery to the ignition switch. Also if you have a 3 wire electronic distributor, you will need another wire from the + terminal of the coil to the distributor. The switches don't have to be anything special as the relay is taking all the current, that needs to be 30A.
Hope that all makes sense
Alan...
Sorry no nice drawing via autocad or anything but should work
If it's not clear enough just put http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/g ... Wiring.jpg into a browser & then holding the Ctrl key down scroll the mouse wheel it will zoom in.
As to wire sizes, not my forte, but earth from battery & engine need to be BIG, along with the battery to starter , the 2 from alternator down to starter motor want to be 30A each the rest can be 16A. you may also want to consider putting a fuse in on the wire from the battery to the ignition switch. Also if you have a 3 wire electronic distributor, you will need another wire from the + terminal of the coil to the distributor. The switches don't have to be anything special as the relay is taking all the current, that needs to be 30A.
Hope that all makes sense
Alan...