I purchased a surplus Currie Technologies “Diagnostic” throttle. (Which includes 3 LED’s labeled as 1/3, 2/3 and full charge indicators) It has a six pin (7 cable) connector with no pin-out diagram.
Currie Technologies diagnostic throttle
After opening it up, it appears that the blue, black, and red wires are connected to the throttle sensor itself, while the other four wires (White, Gray, Yellow, Green) connect to the LED circuit board.
The pin-out ordering is as follows, from the bottom of my picture up:
- Red/White (Throttle/LED, sharing a pin, + voltage)
- Black (to throttle, I assume Ground)
- Blue (from throttle, I assume signal)
- Green (Full LED)
- Yellow (2/3 full LED)
- Gray (1/3 full LED)
I connected the Red/Black/Blue wires to a motor speed controller that had a 3 wire throttle connection (matching them up to the Red/Black/Green wires from the controller) and it worked great!
The LED pin-out is as follows:
White (positive / Vcc)
Gray – 1/3 empty LED
Yellow – 2/3 full LED
Green – Full LED
Note that I was able to get the LED’s to light up with a 3V source, but I believe their forward voltage is less than 3V and you should use a current limited supply so that you do not burn the LED’s out.
3 Comments
Jay – Help! where did you find a 6 wire throttle? My daughters Schwinn needs one and I’ve been told there discontinued.
Gary,
They have been discontinued. I purchased this one surplus from AllElectronics.com
Jay
I have 6-wire throttles, just drop me a line.
-Tom
Albuquerque Electric Cycles
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