zman111666
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Hello, folks.
I am working on this "Yerf Dog" go kart with no determinable make or model number that I can find, but from what I can tell, a typical setup with a 110cc engine, stator, ignition module like a moped would have, etc. The operator controls are limited to a start button, an on/off toggle, and the brake and gas pedals, and a light switch.
So, I get it all fixed and serviced up, but when I go to hook up the battery, there is a slight spark (at the battery terminal). So I make sure everything is off, and touch the negative wire onto the battery post again, and still a little spark. So that makes me wary of a parasitic ground, so I go unhooking this and that, kill switch, lights, module, etc, one at a time, and finally discover that it is the stator, or at least when I disconnect the wires that disappear into the flywheel housing, I can no longer make a spark between the terminal and the negative lead.
Is this normal? I am afraid to leave the battery hooked up, lest it discharge overnight. I would expect that when everything is turned off, there should be no current between the negative terminal, and the negative wire, no? There is no ignition switch, just a kill switch by the start button, which I'm pretty sure just grounds the coil to kill the engine.
It does have a small circuit board with a couple relays, is one of those stuck, maybe? Or am I just going nuts over a tiny spark that means nothing?
(P.S. No brake lights or safety switches to get stuck)
I am working on this "Yerf Dog" go kart with no determinable make or model number that I can find, but from what I can tell, a typical setup with a 110cc engine, stator, ignition module like a moped would have, etc. The operator controls are limited to a start button, an on/off toggle, and the brake and gas pedals, and a light switch.
So, I get it all fixed and serviced up, but when I go to hook up the battery, there is a slight spark (at the battery terminal). So I make sure everything is off, and touch the negative wire onto the battery post again, and still a little spark. So that makes me wary of a parasitic ground, so I go unhooking this and that, kill switch, lights, module, etc, one at a time, and finally discover that it is the stator, or at least when I disconnect the wires that disappear into the flywheel housing, I can no longer make a spark between the terminal and the negative lead.
Is this normal? I am afraid to leave the battery hooked up, lest it discharge overnight. I would expect that when everything is turned off, there should be no current between the negative terminal, and the negative wire, no? There is no ignition switch, just a kill switch by the start button, which I'm pretty sure just grounds the coil to kill the engine.
It does have a small circuit board with a couple relays, is one of those stuck, maybe? Or am I just going nuts over a tiny spark that means nothing?
(P.S. No brake lights or safety switches to get stuck)