I agree then - its probably a bad ground (as has been suggested) or a
pair of nicked wires that are shorting and feeding current from the
tail light circuit into the blinker.
-Joey
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Jason <[email protected]> wrote:
> No, the problem does not follow to the other side, but it seems like
> the general consensus is that it is not supposed to have running
> lights on the back, so now I need to start troubleshooting for why the
> left rear one lights like a running light when it is not supposed to.
> We'll see I guess. Thanks for the help.
>
> On Mar 31, 2:18 pm, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Jason,
>> Didn't you say if you moved the turn signal itself to the other
>> side the problem followed it?
>> If thats the case I doubt its the relay - if it was the relay
>> the problem would stay on the same side no matter which bulb or signal
>> was on that side.
>> Or did I get what you said twisted?
>> -Joey
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Jason <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > So, at this point I am thinking that the fault might be in the turn
>> > signal relay, so I am going to check it for faults if the specs are in
>> > the manual. It is the only thing I can seem to find, other than the
>> > switch, which is brand new, that dirrentiates one side from the other.
>> > Wish me luck everybody.
>>
>> > On Mar 29, 8:47 pm, axl498 <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> Well, let me know if you figure something out before I do. If yours is
>> >> intermittent I would suspect a bad wire somewhere. As wires heat up it
>> >> effects their ability to conduct electricity and there could be a
>> >> short somewhere. I have a friend who is an aircraft electrician coming
>> >> to look at it next week hopefully, so I'll keep tinkering with it in
>> >> the meantime and see what happens. Good luck to you.
>>
>> >> On Mar 29, 7:32 pm, Sean <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >> > Jason,
>>
>> >> > I'm having a similar problem with my front right light on my 96 750.
>> >> > The bad news is that it's intermittent. I'd say it's lite about 50%
>> >> > of the time. The turn signal works fine, just no front light. I
>> >> > switched the bulbs as well. I haven't gone to your level of checking
>> >> > it out yet - you gave me some ideas.
>>
>> >> > On Mar 29, 6:12 am, Jason <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >> > > Already eliminated the bulb as the source of the problem. I took the
>> >> > > bulb out of that side and installed in left side and bulb worked fine.
>> >> > > I basically have my entire wiring harness torn apart right now and
>> >> > > think that I have a short/current bleed off at some point. The way the
>> >> > > wiring harness is you have a light blue wire coming out of the turn
>> >> > > signal switch (which has correct voltage) and a light blue wire coming
>> >> > > out of the turn signal indicator light(also correct voltage). They
>> >> > > join together and run back to the right rear turn signal. With the two
>> >> > > wires connected together I have correct voltage where they join. As
>> >> > > soon as I connect the wire for the right rear light I get a voltage
>> >> > > drop at the connection of about 8 volts. I checked everything on the
>> >> > > left hand side and at that connection there is no voltage drop. This
>> >> > > leads me to believe that the wiring inside the stem itself is bad
>> >> > > since the significant voltage drop occurs when it is connected.
>> >> > > However, if you disconnect that light and reconnect it to the left
>> >> > > side leads it lights fine, which means that it cannot be the light
>> >> > > assembly itself. My next thought was that the ground for the right
>> >> > > hand light might be bad, but since the left and right hand side lights
>> >> > > share the same ground that does not seem possible. So, at this point I
>> >> > > am trying to figure out why I have voltage until I connect the light
>> >> > > itself. It seems that would indicate the light itself is shorting out,
>> >> > > but as I said, if I disconnect the right hand light assembly and
>> >> > > connect it in place of the left hand it works fine. So, now I am going
>> >> > > to try to find the problem by isolating only the wires connected to
>> >> > > the right hand side lights and test the continuity of them if I can
>> >> > > figure out how to do that and in a logical manner. Anyone have any
>> >> > > more input or are there any electrical engineers out there who have a
>> >> > > 95 Nighthawk or the wiring diagram in front of them?
>>
>> >> > > On Mar 29, 10:53 am, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >> > > > Depending on how you tested the bulb - it is possible that you
>> >> > > > confirmed, not denied, a blown bulb. But I would echo the crowd and
>> >> > > > suggest trying a different bulb in the same socket before I went too
>> >> > > > much further.
>> >> > > > The 450 NH doesn't have running lights on the rear, just the
>> >> > > > taillight, but I don't have first hand experience on the newer
>> >> > > > models.
>> >> > > > -Joey
>>
>> >> > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Timothy Stark
>> >> > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> > > > > Allen is right, you probably have dual element bulbs and one of
>> >> > > > > the elements
>> >> > > > > have blown
>>
>> >> > > > > On Mar 29, 2011 10:07 AM, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]>
>> >> > > > > wrote:
>> >> > > > >> Swap the bulbs or replace them?
>> >> > > > >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>>
>> >> > > > >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> > > > >> From: Jason <[email protected]>
>> >> > > > >> Sender: [email protected]
>> >> > > > >> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:46:23
>> >> > > > >> To: Nighthawk Motorcycle
>> >> > > > >> Lovers!<[email protected]>
>> >> > > > >> Reply-To: [email protected]
>> >> > > > >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Signal/Running light problem
>>
>> >> > > > >> I have a 1995 Nighthawk 750 and the right rear running light/turn
>> >> > > > >> signal no longer acts as a running light, meaning that it only
>> >> > > > >> comes
>> >> > > > >> on when operating the turn signal. I know that many people say
>> >> > > > >> that
>> >> > > > >> they nighthawks are not supposed to have running lights, but
>> >> > > > >> this one
>> >> > > > >> did when I got it and the other three still function fine. I
>> >> > > > >> have a
>> >> > > > >> haynes/chilton manual, but it doesn't really give me any info on
>> >> > > > >> troubleshooting the lighting. I have already checked the bulb
>> >> > > > >> and made
>> >> > > > >> sure the short is not in the light stem itself. The problem does
>> >> > > > >> not
>> >> > > > >> make sense to me because the right front and right rear have all
>> >> > > > >> the
>> >> > > > >> same connections (ie. turn signal switch, signal indicator,
>> >> > > > >> signal
>> >> > > > >> relay) except for where their power wires split and go to the
>> >> > > > >> back of
>> >> > > > >> the bike. This wire has power when I disconnect it from the
>> >> > > > >> right rear
>> >> > > > >> turn signal, but won't light it once it is connected. When I
>> >> > > > >> swap the
>> >> > > > >> actual rear right and rear left light stalks (moving the left to
>> >> > > > >> the
>> >> > > > >> right and vice versa) the light that was on the left and is now
>> >> > > > >> on the
>> >> > > > >> right no longer works and the light that was on the right and is
>> >> > > > >> now
>> >> > > > >> on the left works. Anyone have any suggestions?
>>
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