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laurenthegold YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17 Alabama Gender:	Re: Wiring Question Reply #15 - 11/01/15 at 21:50:30 Scratch that... When the rear brake light switch is activated the brake light and headlight both go out and then the "main" fuse blows
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Wiring Question Reply #16 - 11/01/15 at 21:58:34 Take the bulb out , switch off, check the base connections in the socket to ground. See if you have a short.
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laurenthegold YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17 Alabama Gender:	Re: Wiring Question Reply #17 - 11/01/15 at 22:13:25 Unplugged the taillight. Still blowing a fuse. It's wired exactly as in the diagram. Bad brake switch?
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laurenthegold YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17 Alabama Gender:	Re: Wiring Question Reply #18 - 11/01/15 at 22:52:47 Front brake switch activates the tail light without blowing fuse.
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laurenthegold YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17 Alabama Gender:	Re: Wiring Question Reply #19 - 11/01/15 at 23:38:54 Turn signals not working either. Friggn heck.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Wiring Question Reply #20 - 11/02/15 at 18:42:37 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 11/01/15 at 21:58:34: Take the bulb out , switch off, check the base connections in the socket to ground. See if you have a short. Ohm meter, from the power connection to ground. May need to pull out all the bulbs on the back end. Had the seat off lately? Done anything ?
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Re: Wiring Question
Reply #21 - 11/02/15 at 18:51:54

Well what had happened was...

I got into the harness to relocate the start switch and the kill switch. Thinking back now the rear brake switch didn't work before, I just thought the cable needed adjusting.

The start switch and kill switch work as planned. The only real problem is the rear brake switch. When activated, it cuts out the headlight and brake light and then some times blows a fuse. I'm guessing the switch is bad.

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Re: Wiring Question
Reply #23 - 11/03/15 at 03:09:34

laurenthegold wrote on 11/01/15 at 22:13:25:

Unplugged the taillight. Still blowing a fuse. It's wired exactly as in the diagram. Bad brake switch?

Most likely the switch is working fine....as nothing blows until you activate the switch. One wire coming to the switch has power, the other wire goes to the brake light. Unplug the wires from the switch, and then connect them - if the lights dim and the fuse blows.....then you know you have a direct short in the wire that goes from the switch to the brake light.....or you have the wire connected to the wrong wire on the tail light....or something is wrong with your tail/brake light.

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Reply #24 - 11/03/15 at 15:17:54

Since you said you
Went into the wiring harness
that's where I would start. First thing you know is, when the brake pedal gets pushed, fuse pops. What if you pull the hand brake?
Should do the same thing, I'd guess.
If you don't have a wiring diagram, it's available, free, online.
And I don't know how I would have survived without a test light and an ohm meter. I do know there are some guys here who can solve some serious problems with just a darn test light, but I ain't one of those guys, dangit. They can probably dance, too.

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Re: Wiring Question
Reply #25 - 11/03/15 at 16:49:14

Only thing popping the fuse and cutting the headlight off is the rear brake switch. Front brake switch works fine. Got an aftermarket switch housing for my dimmer and turn signals so that may be why the signals aren't working. Possibly wired wrong. Housing didn't come with a diagram. I opened it up and wired as it looked but it may just be a crap product. It was pretty cheap lol

Using my old neutral light as a test light. Going to test it again now.

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Reply #26 - 11/03/15 at 20:11:50

With the wires off the switch, you should get continuity between the two terminals when you press the pedal. There should be no continuity otherwise. Also make sure that neither goes to ground with or without the pedal being mashed. If either pole of the switch grounds, you found a bad switch.

If it passes these tests, the switch is good.

One lead coming to the switch should be hot. Given that you can blow a fuse with it, I'd say it is.
Check the other lead for a connection to ground without the bulb installed. If you read a connection to ground, you've got a short in that wire. In the factory harness, the wire from the front brake light switch and the rear switch connect together to one wire that goes to the back to the light so if there were a ground in it, either brake should blow the fuse. Has a separate wire been run from either switch to the light?

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laurenthegold YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17 Alabama Gender:	Re: Wiring Question Reply #27 - 11/05/15 at 15:20:14 Got the rear brake switch sorted. I had it grounded out in the wrong place. It's now grounded to the tail light and working as it should. No popped fuse! Thanks for the help!
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