Got a light problem
10-19-2016, 07:24 PM
#5
VTR virgin
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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I'd approach this is follows:
Check fuse C (black box right under the seat behind the battery), 20A
Inspect headlight bulb, look at the filaments they often will be broken or with little melted ***** when they blow, which can be just age/vibration related.
If you have a multimeter set this to voltage and check for 12v between the centre (earth) and a side terminal in the headlight socket, high beam works one side, low beam on the other. Then check for continuity in the bulb the same way.
If the fuse is OK, the bulb is Ok, but you have no power at the socket, then it is time to start working along the circuit to identify a break in a wire, or more likely corrosion at a connector.
Check fuse C (black box right under the seat behind the battery), 20A
Inspect headlight bulb, look at the filaments they often will be broken or with little melted ***** when they blow, which can be just age/vibration related.
If you have a multimeter set this to voltage and check for 12v between the centre (earth) and a side terminal in the headlight socket, high beam works one side, low beam on the other. Then check for continuity in the bulb the same way.
If the fuse is OK, the bulb is Ok, but you have no power at the socket, then it is time to start working along the circuit to identify a break in a wire, or more likely corrosion at a connector.
10-19-2016, 09:05 PM
#6
Rex Kramer-Thrill Seeker
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Brookfield, WI
Posts: 2,312
It could also be the R/R (Regulator/Rectifier) on its way out. What R/R do you have? Is it stock?
Do you have a multimeter which you can use to see if the charging system is working correctly?
Check the simple things first, like change the bulb.
Do you have a multimeter which you can use to see if the charging system is working correctly?
Check the simple things first, like change the bulb.
Last edited by CruxGNZ; 10-19-2016 at 09:09 PM.
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