artmaker
Active Member
SO my first build from scratch, winding down to the finish, and now I'm utterly confused.
The CDI. It has a red and black wire. The motor has a red and black wire. Plugged those in red to red, black to black, plugs are nice and snug.
BUT... then there is the kill switch. Two wires come from the throttle handle. A green one and a black one. They both seem to have the same little plug ends, but those fall right out of the female and of the plugs on the CDI. I'm just guessing it's also black to black, and then green to red???? But again, they don't stay in the plug holes. Am I suppose to crimp them in place? Tape? What?
So I got on live chat where I bought this motor at https://www.bicycle-engines.com/ And so far they have been absolutely fantastic. Chat is always right on it, and very patient to put up with my endless stuckness. But this time? Not so much.
She sent me to a diagram Here which has me even MORE confused. First their colors are vastly different than mine. AND they show wires being spliced into the wires from the motor? SPLICED? Serioiusly? WHY would they come with little plug ends then? Also their diagram shows a ground wire. I don't seem to have one.
Lastly, the white wire coming out of the motor, their instructions, AND a few youtube videos all show it as a once upon a time used wire, not anymore. Either cut it off or cap it and forget it. Curious what it was intended for? A light perhaps? I won't use it, battery power lights are fine. Just curious.
The CDI. It has a red and black wire. The motor has a red and black wire. Plugged those in red to red, black to black, plugs are nice and snug.
BUT... then there is the kill switch. Two wires come from the throttle handle. A green one and a black one. They both seem to have the same little plug ends, but those fall right out of the female and of the plugs on the CDI. I'm just guessing it's also black to black, and then green to red???? But again, they don't stay in the plug holes. Am I suppose to crimp them in place? Tape? What?
So I got on live chat where I bought this motor at https://www.bicycle-engines.com/ And so far they have been absolutely fantastic. Chat is always right on it, and very patient to put up with my endless stuckness. But this time? Not so much.
She sent me to a diagram Here which has me even MORE confused. First their colors are vastly different than mine. AND they show wires being spliced into the wires from the motor? SPLICED? Serioiusly? WHY would they come with little plug ends then? Also their diagram shows a ground wire. I don't seem to have one.
Lastly, the white wire coming out of the motor, their instructions, AND a few youtube videos all show it as a once upon a time used wire, not anymore. Either cut it off or cap it and forget it. Curious what it was intended for? A light perhaps? I won't use it, battery power lights are fine. Just curious.