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Message started by paul33329 on 05/23/12 at 21:10:10

Title: Electrical issue
Post by paul33329 on 05/23/12 at 21:10:10

Yesterday I turned the key to on and the lights came on, but then when I hit the ignition it went dead and nothing would come on. two guys at work helped me test the battery which was fine. We took the seat off and found one of the 20 amp fuses was blown. We replaced the fuse, but it blew again right away. My coworker looked for a chafed/exposed wire making contact with the frame. We never found one, but after messing with the wires and putting another new fuse in it's running fine. I started the bike 6 times today with no issues.

So how likely is it to happen again? Any way to narrow down which wires are the issue? Any other possible causes? My coworker mentioned taking the gas tank off would let me get to the rest of the wires to check, but that seems like it would be too big a project since it's now running.

Title: Re: Electrical issue
Post by verslagen1 on 05/23/12 at 21:29:38

very likely

take the tank off, also the wires are fed into the headlight, where they go thru the hole is the usual place.

Title: Re: Electrical issue
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/23/12 at 21:34:35

If you havent fixed the problem,, you still have it. Better to struggle with finding it at home than anywhere else,

Get some fuses & wiggle some wires, wiggle in an area & pop the fuse, youre gettin warm,, literally,.

Title: Re: Electrical issue
Post by verslagen1 on 05/23/12 at 22:06:17

pull the fuses and use a 12v light bulb in its place.

Title: Re: Electrical issue
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/24/12 at 01:10:32

Ya know,, Ive done that, on cars,, Thanks for the rebrainer//

Title: Re: Electrical issue
Post by Digger on 07/25/12 at 20:51:33

2031253C6363636269500 wrote:

I went through this thrash a while ago:

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1274415984/8#8

Here is some info about the circuit tester I made:

I made a tool to assist me in doing wiggle checks on suspect circuits. I find that using this tool is easier and cheaper than blowing out lots of fuses as you search for shorts.

It is a license plate light fixture and wiring harness that I removed from an old pickup truck eighteen years ago when I was putting a rear bumper on it:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee201/Digger109/Garage/CircuitTesterE.jpg

I cut off the OEM connector and crimped on some spade connectors to the ends of the two wires:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee201/Digger109/Garage/CircuitTesterLeadsE.jpg

You can see where I filed down the spade connectors so that they would fit into the holder for the fuse.

I pull the fuse on the suspect circuit, plug my tester leads into the fuse holder, turn on the ignition switch, and wiggle away. If I find a short to ground, the light gets really bright.

If you are testing the headlight/taillight circuit, you may want to disconnect those bulbs first, since, if said bulbs are drawing juice, the test lamp will be burning brightly and thus making it harder to detect shorts.

IHTH!