here we go! electrical problem from hell

roudyroy1

roudyroy1

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well, my grips stopped working on my 2001 sxr 700 with the 300 w ignition system. the variable resistor is within spec, the ground is good. i am only getting 3 volts at 4000 rpm. now this is the weird part, if i short the power to the grips directly to the ground, i do not get the fault code "grip system short" this makes me think that its the cdi, because its not picking up the fault. :s. any ideas on how to go about diagnosing this?
 
Is there a dual bulb powered red head around you could "borrow" a CDI from for a minute? If your concerned about mucking up theirs on your sled you could put your CDI on their sled and if all of a sudden their warmer don't work you know what part you need to buy.
 
sadly, not that i know of. unless anyone would be willing to send me one once the seasons over. maybe if some one on this site has one for sale i will just buy it and try it. are there any other things that might be causing this? like a condenser?
 
i took the load control relay off and put it on the wood stove well i was ice fishing and they came back, guess it was frozen. im going to check the condensers after the seasons over anyways
 
roudyroy1 said:
i took the load control relay off and put it on the wood stove well i was ice fishing and they came back, guess it was frozen. im going to check the condensers after the seasons over anyways
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Odd that only the warmers were affected. Usually load control its an all or nothing with accessories.
 
Devilin AblueDress! said:
Odd that only the warmers were affected. Usually load control its an all or nothing with accessories.
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very odd, my tach was acting up as well though, it went dead and came back a few time well idling in the drive way when i was testing. before i put it on the wood stove i was working the sled in deep powder and they started working for a short time, then as soon as i got moving fast across the lake again i guess it cooled the relay below freezing again and they stopped working. so i took it off and dried it out and it has been fine for the last 500 km
 
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