Actually, you don't have to push the horn button. Just running a ground wire to the terminal on the horn will make it blow (provided there is 12V at the other terminal) since the switching is what grounds the device. I forget, which model is this again ? Not that it matters, all wiring works the same way and color codes are uniform. This is one of the basic circuits. Most beginners think that when you push this, do that, etc.. 12volts will be applied. Not so. It can be confusing but the action (whatever) is completing the circuit to ground. Take the horn circuit. If the fuse and related wiring back to the battery is good, there will be 12V at the horn terminal. If there isn't, the problem is before that point. In this fashion you divide the circuit to before and after. Make any sense ?
--- On Sat, 6/20/09, Dick MacInnes <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dick MacInnes <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Lights/Battery/Charging System To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 3:23 PM Dustin, The horn, turn signals and front/rear brakes are all on the same fuse "B". Suggest you look for 12V on the horn terminal light green wire with the horn button depressed; if 12V -the fuse is good. Now look at the horn terminal green wire with the button depressed. If 12V on the first test, the fuse is good and on second test, you have a bad ground issue. You might wish to look at the green wire coming out of the broken wire warning unit. It should go to a hard ground on the frame. Secondly if you take a jumper wire from the horn green wire to ground, with the horn switch depressed and the horn works, that proves the lack of a of ground. All the functions you are missing use the same ground connection. Dick MacInnes --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
