digital clock

[RichieS]

Chaps, and ladeeze!

I appaear to have a fault with the digital clock ('01 1150GS). Start the old girl up, and the clocks reset to either 00:00 or 12:00.

Any ideas?

Would a battery conditioner help when not being used?

thanks in advance

Richie

 

[richie]

Mine used to do that when the battery was lowish, has not done it since new battery. Does it do it when you start the engine which is already warm?

 

[MikeO]

Check your fuses - mine did that when fuse No3 (I think) blew...

Mike

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

low voltage in battery and losing ability to hold charge.

3 months and its new battery time

get it now before 'your' winter


and thank the lordy lordy it happened now and not in sainsbury's car park when its freezing cold, pissing with rain, pitch black and blowing a gale and your on yer way home with a bottle of wine on a promise....

 

[judge]

Richie:

I hope your problems are solved by one of these routes offered, however I share the same symptoms and I have a good battery and the fuse 3 is also good. And that's how it stays - keeps perfect time when the ignition is on but unless I do that at exactly 12:00 this is of no use to me

If you get an answer do post the outcome as it may also work for me.

 

[richie]

Andy, I also remedied this a second time around by retightening my battery terminals.

The bike ran perfectly apart from start up when the clock dropped out.

Have a look see and get the spanner out

 

[Mouse]

Andy, I also remedied this a second time around by retightening my battery terminals.

But be careful - on a friend's F650 we found that the battery terminals were made of lead (I think, something soft anyway) so overtightening almost destroyed them!

On all other bikes I've had to date the battery terminals have been made of something harder.

 

[jimbo]

thank the lordy lordy it happened now and not in sainsbury's car park when its freezing cold, pissing with rain, pitch black and blowing a gale and your on yer way home with a bottle of wine on a promise....

Hmm, so knowing the right time is clearly very important to you?

 

[skywalker]

Chaps, and ladeeze!

I appaear to have a fault with the digital clock ('01 1150GS). Start the old girl up, and the clocks reset to either 00:00 or 12:00.

Any ideas?

Would a battery conditioner help when not being used?

thanks in advance

Richie

Acessory socket and clock - fuse 3 - blown. Clock will stay live when bike is running due to switched live feed supplying power to clock (terminal 15 for all u anoraks out there!)

 

[Fanum]

Hmm, so knowing the right time is clearly very important to you?

Gawd yes....can you imagine being stuck in those conditions and not knowing what the time was????

Horrifying

 

[rocks]

Wow..

Well i just took the bike out.. and no power to heated coat and clock switches off completely when key not turned..
Sound like this could be fize 3 from the info in this thread..

I hope its so.. either i have another problem and my BMW waistcoat is toasted or its the fuse.

Will have a go at it tomorrow... and check it..

Cheers to all on the forums.. once more you have offered hope, with a simple search.. now where did i put them bloody fuses..

wish me luck..

 

[richie]

Re: Wow..

Well i just took the bike out.. and no power to heated coat and clock switches off completely when key not turned..
Sound like this could be fize 3 from the info in this thread..

I hope its so.. either i have another problem and my BMW waistcoat is toasted or its the fuse.

Will have a go at it tomorrow... and check it..

Cheers to all on the forums.. once more you have offered hope, with a simple search.. now where did i put them bloody fuses..

wish me luck..

you need to get out more

 

[rocks]

Fuses..

I have checked the fuse.. and it appears to be a 4amp.. WTF..
Previous owner must have been nuts.. a 4amp.. no wonder if went pop..

Can someone please confirm for me it is supposed to be 15amp fuse, for position 3.. ??

Cheers.. rocks..

PS richie.. at least i searched and didnt just ask.. see i am learning..

 

[sparkplug]

I used to get this problem from time to time. Have since replaced BMW battery with a Hawker Odyssey which gives better cranking amps and has completely fixed this problem as well as another one I used to get when starting the bike the ABS wouldn't work.

Works fine and needs no maintenance.

 

[trotsky]

Re: Fuses..

Can someone please confirm for me it is supposed to be 15amp fuse, for position 3.. ??

Rocks

I've blown that fuse and can confirm it's a 15A. A blow up of Rob's picture above confirms..

Well, almost, if you squint at the "RID, power socket" line

 

[rocks]

Thanks guys..

I nipped to halfords today and purchased a box of mixxed fuses.

I replaced the blown 4amp.. with the correct 15amp fuse and whallaa.. clock back, but not tried the socket yet..

Will give the heated jacket a try.. but the wires are showing on the cable again, so its going back AGAIN.. to BMW.. think they might get the message after this one is number 3 to go back.

Thanks for the blow up..

I did a search and found the original doc and now have a copy of it, tucked into the fuse box with a few extra fuses just incase..

Thanks all..