Someone said that the cluster energizes the alternator and that without the cluster, the alternator will not charge the battery.
What is the source of this information? Where in the electrical manual is that connection drawn?
I read the electrical manual and can only find a connection from the alternator to a charge warning indicator on the cluster.
I also read through the repair manual and can only find a reference of an electrical connection from the alternator to the charge warning indicator on the cluster.
To everyone with a broken cluster / instrument panel (IP), have you checked the fuses for the cluster / panel? I am sure you have. Just asking for my understanding.
Per the electrical manual,, the cluster (abbreviated "IP" for Instrument Panel in the manual) has it's own fuse box in the passenger foot compartment.
The manual says fuse 31 ("instrument Gauge" in the manual) is 10A (in one table) and then 5A (in the circuit diagram). Is that in issue?
Could someone check fuse 31 and see if this is a 10A or 5A? Were some Roxors built with 5A fuses (with now not working clusters) when it was supposed to be a 10A? I'm just speculating.
I am away from my Roxor and cannot check what fuses are on my machine.
In the main power distribution center: F27, 10A also connects to the Instrument Panel ("Key Switch" in the manual).
Picture of IP fuse panel and fuse sizes. Fuse 31 = 10A
Picture of IP circuit: Fuse 31 = 5A