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Very well done, I am curious to what your PCV valve is and wear did you get it?

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rvich said:
I'm thinking about taking the ferry up to Anchorage and riding down this spring. Is there a Norton Owners Club in Juneau?
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I need to start tracking down the other Norton here in town and let him know that he is not alone. As of yet there is not a club. Most of the riders here are on Harley's.

As for a trip to Alaska, I would be happy to help anybody plan a trip. There is an annual publication called "The Milepost" that is a must have for anybody wanting to tour the state or western Canada. Bring rain gear and bug dope.

http://milepost.com/

Russ
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Russ,
Riding in Alaska is It for me. All the stuff I've done on my bike has something to do with that type of ride. I've been up to Alaska four times, twice on the Commando and twice on a VFR. There's scenery, then there's Alaska. I'm a retired pharmacist and I'm thinking of stopping off in Juneau to pick up an Alaska license. I could do it by mail, but what's the fun in that?
 
phsammut@unmc.edu said:
Hi bpatton,

you mentioned you had a relay for an electric jacket. How do you plug that in - is your socket wired for positive earth or did you just the reverse the wiring?

BTW, here's a pic of my 74 Interstate which I restored last year.

Paul.

http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af2 ... 1260646978
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Paul,
Your Interstate is beautiful. Light weight, smooth, And panache. The jacket has a dedicated fuse but no relay. The power to the rheostat is always hot and it can't tell from positive or negative ground.
 
The jacket has a dedicated fuse but no relay. The power to the rheostat is always hot and it can't tell from positive or negative ground.
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Thanks - also for the compliment on the bike. Yours is a stunner, also.

I do understand that the rheostat shouldn't distinguish (+)ve from (-)ve, but what I'd meant to ask was how do you connect the rheostat to the bike - if you use a BMW-type or cigarette lighter-type socket, it'll be the only thing you can plug in and it's at risk for shorting out if it's connected as designed. Did you use something different?
 
BPatton,

Are you able to post the measurement of the width of your air filter? Mine (70 roadster with the old style oil tank that forms the back plate for the filter) is so tight up against the carbs that I can't get a spanner under the carbs to check their filters; I was thinking of cutting it back to make it a bit easier to do that.
 
Good to finally see her, I agree on blue pipes and a bit of wear. If you haul her around in the trailer the pipes will stay nice but where is the fun in that?
 
phsammut@unmc.edu said:
I do understand that the rheostat shouldn't distinguish (+)ve from (-)ve, but what I'd meant to ask was how do you connect the rheostat to the bike - if you use a BMW-type or cigarette lighter-type socket, it'll be the only thing you can plug in and it's at risk for shorting out if it's connected as designed. Did you use something different?
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I cut the negative lead and put in a spade for the fuse connection, negative. The rheostat is fixed to the bike and the jacket is the only thing that's hooked up to it. The rheostat is a solid state HeatTroller and is polarity sensitive, but its case is insulated so there are no issues with the ground polarity.
 
bpatton said:
phsammut@unmc.edu said:
I do understand that the rheostat shouldn't distinguish (+)ve from (-)ve, but what I'd meant to ask was how do you connect the rheostat to the bike - if you use a BMW-type or cigarette lighter-type socket, it'll be the only thing you can plug in and it's at risk for shorting out if it's connected as designed. Did you use something different?
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I cut the negative lead and put in a spade for the fuse connection, negative. The rheostat is fixed to the bike and the jacket is the only thing that's hooked up to it. The rheostat is a solid state HeatTroller and is polarity sensitive, but its case is insulated so there are no issues with the ground polarity.
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So being pedantic, its not a rheostat at all.
 
Rich_j said:
bpatton said:
phsammut@unmc.edu said:
I do understand that the rheostat shouldn't distinguish (+)ve from (-)ve, but what I'd meant to ask was how do you connect the rheostat to the bike - if you use a BMW-type or cigarette lighter-type socket, it'll be the only thing you can plug in and it's at risk for shorting out if it's connected as designed. Did you use something different?
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I cut the negative lead and put in a spade for the fuse connection, negative. The rheostat is fixed to the bike and the jacket is the only thing that's hooked up to it. The rheostat is a solid state HeatTroller and is polarity sensitive, but its case is insulated so there are no issues with the ground polarity.
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So being pedantic, its not a rheostat at all.
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Sorry, I don't follow you.
 
A rheostat is a big variable resistor. Its used to control power by dropping volts but is very inefficient because to drop volts it has to dump some power as heat in itself. If there's anything solid state in there its not a rheostat.
From what you say, what you have is a solid state power controller, much more efficient, but not a rheostat.

As I said, just being pedantic.
 
Rich_j said:
A rheostat is a big variable resistor. Its used to control power by dropping volts but is very inefficient because to drop volts it has to dump some power as heat in itself. If there's anything solid state in there its not a rheostat.
From what you say, what you have is a solid state power controller, much more efficient, but not a rheostat.

As I said, just being pedantic.
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Rich,
You're right. It's not a rheostat, or variable resistor. The control of power to the jacket is accomplished by solidstate switching of the power on and off in cycles. Just to show you the abysmal state of the use of language these days, the unit is termed a thermostat. It isn't one at all because there is no feedback loop back to the unit that senses the temperature in the jacket. That would be the rider. In the end, they work the way they're supposed to and don't dump scarce watts.
http://www.aerostich.com/aerostich-thermostat.html
 
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