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trailer light as brake light now wont start
04/18/13 at 15:58:17

so i took my back fender off with the turn signals, i put the rectifier in the air box. the electrical piece the battery terminals are connected to that was on the fender i attached to a piece of sheetmetal to the frame.
my question is that when i wired the three wires from
the bike to the two wire brake light they came on and then they slowly dimmed out. now im not getting any power at all aftrr i trickle charged my battery so i dont believe its the battery but it could be, also the fuses did not blow out im so frustrated because its getting to be really warm
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: trailer light as brake light now wont start Reply #1 - 04/18/13 at 18:20:10 Double check your wiring, especially with the rectifier being relocated. Also make sure that the tail light is properly grounded, what did you do with the ground from the stock tail light? I hooked my original ground wire to the mounting bolts to assure a good ground.
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Reply #2 - 04/18/13 at 20:52:10

i was told my fuses were not blown by the hardware guy but low and behold i put the new fuses in at it started right up!!! i was so relieved the only problem now is the brake light is always on so im going to double check the wiring tomorrow. i also grounded the stock light to the bolt mounts. thank you for your reply i appreciate it!

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Cavi Mike Serious Thumper Offline Thumper n00b Posts: 1005 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: trailer light as brake light now wont start Reply #3 - 04/19/13 at 08:26:05 You don't even know what a blown fuse looks like and you started redoing wiring? May god have mercy on your soul.
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apache snow-FSO Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 509 Gender:	Re: trailer light as brake light now wont start Reply #4 - 04/19/13 at 08:56:04 Sometimes you cannot tell by looks if they are blown. I have seen several fuses thet looked normal but tested bad.
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SALB Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 668 Whittier, AK Gender:	Re: trailer light as brake light now wont start Reply #5 - 04/19/13 at 08:57:16 Cavi Mike wrote on 04/19/13 at 08:26:05: You don't even know what a blown fuse looks like and you started redoing wiring? May god have mercy on your soul. Or, he's got an intermittent open, and it was just coincidence that it decided to start with the new fuse.
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justink91 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 10 baltimore md Gender:	Re: trailer light as brake light now wont start Reply #6 - 04/23/13 at 13:43:43 its actually been running well the brake light just stays on and doesnt get brighter when i push the brakes though.
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Cavi Mike Serious Thumper Offline Thumper n00b Posts: 1005 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: trailer light as brake light now wont start Reply #7 - 04/23/13 at 19:53:34 apache snow-FSO wrote on 04/19/13 at 08:56:04: Sometimes you cannot tell by looks if they are blown. I have seen several fuses thet looked normal but tested bad. A plastic blade fuse like on our bikes? No you haven't unless you're totally blind.
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Reply #8 - 04/24/13 at 05:55:15

Cavi Mike wrote on 04/23/13 at 19:53:34:

apache snow-FSO wrote on 04/19/13 at 08:56:04:

Sometimes you cannot tell by looks if they are blown. I have seen several fuses thet looked normal but tested bad. Roll Eyes

A plastic blade fuse like on our bikes? No you haven't unless you're totally blind.

No I'm not blind and how do know what I have seen. Thats just it, you don't know but you like to post little snide remarks. Roll Eyes

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