Cory, if you want to do some basic reading this is a nice place. You could ready at least the first few slides where the basics of electrical circuits are explained. www.autoshop101.com/trainmodules/elec_circuits/circ101.html
Javier. On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Cory Crawford <[email protected]>wrote: > Heres the diagram. couldnt scan it so took a high quality photo. no insult > to intelligence Allen I just have never dealt with anything electrical so I > dont know the terms at all. so ground goes between the + and the - > essentially to act as a bridge between the two. is that right? gonna check > the ground when I get home tonight if I can find it. theres 3 wires coming > from the back of the headlight connection so assume one of them is ground > and try and follow it in the bike. that'll be step one. thanks for help so > far! > > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ** >> Ground is a term for the - side of the circuit. Not to insult your >> intelligence, but electricity has to have a loop from the + to the - if >> that loop is broken then electricity will not flow. >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T >> ------------------------------ >> *From: * Cory Crawford <[email protected]> >> *Sender: * [email protected] >> *Date: *Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:11:28 -0700 >> *To: *<[email protected]> >> *ReplyTo: * [email protected] >> *Subject: *Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Electrical Idiot >> >> ha stupid phone now I just saw the rest of the responses. nighthawk >> owners have a sense of humor too! Ha. ya wasnt too optimistic anyone would >> live relatively close. I'll try out this ground stuff though I just need to >> go over to google and type it "what is ground" and hope that it doesnt give >> me a bunch of responses about dirt rocks and plants cause thats same thing >> I think of. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Cory Crawford < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thats perfectly described and understandable for me gevanish thanks. Ya >>> I tested the headlight by sticking some wires into the connectors on the >>> back of the headlight and then connecting the wires to the battery. still a >>> little confused by all the ground talk but I'll just try and follow your >>> advice word for word and see what happens. When you say the ground you take >>> off the frame what does that mean? Thanks for your answer though I'm gonna >>> try this... >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 5:25 AM, EGrider <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> A little while back, the headlight on my NH just stopped working, both >>>> high and low beams. You say you tested the headlight and it works. So did >>>> I. I'm going to assume that this means you got the headlight and 2 pieces >>>> of wire and touched them directly to the battery, yes? That should mean you >>>> have already figured out which connectors on the bulb are + and which is >>>> the ground, even if you don't know which is high or low beam. Next you need >>>> to attach a wire to the + on the headlight connector in the headlight >>>> bucket to take power from it. The ground you take off the frame, not the >>>> push-on connector. Run a ground wire from the bulb to the frame or back to >>>> the ground on the battery if you have a long-enough wire. See what happens. >>>> In my case, the bulb came on, which meant my ground was bad on the push-on >>>> connector to the bulb even though it looked fine on visual inspection. I >>>> cleaned and jiggled and pushed on the ground until it was making contact >>>> again and viola! working headlights, high and low! Your mileage may vary, >>>> but that's my story. Now I'm an electrical semi-idiot. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, June 25, 2012 5:30:25 PM UTC-4, clkcrawford wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm an electrical idiot. Never gotten my hands dirty in my life UNTIL >>>>> I bought my 1985 Nighthawk 450 a couple weeks ago. Wasnt running and now >>>>> its running like a champ thanks to forums like this and the Clymers. Now >>>>> the last two things that I CANT figure out. My horn and headlight are not >>>>> working. Already tested horn and headlight individually so I know its not >>>>> a >>>>> problem with them. I have tried studying and analyzing the wiring diagram >>>>> in my clymers and it might as well be instructions to deactivate a nuclear >>>>> bomb thats written in german. I have no clue what it means and the only >>>>> time I've tried messing around with stray wires sparks flew like 4th of >>>>> July and I burnt my fingers. SO...my question is this..where do I start >>>>> and >>>>> what do I check? You might have to use caveman language with me because >>>>> even "check the terminals for a bad ground" means absolutely nothing to me >>>>> cause I have no clue what those are. Only shop around in my area that will >>>>> do the electrical on this wants $90 an hour just to look at it. Trying not >>>>> to go that route. I apologize for my idiocy but I'm sure most people >>>>> understand that everyone use to know nothing and that happens to be the >>>>> stage I am in. If you need more info let me know I can post and reply >>>>> pretty quickly. Thanks and I'll post some pics too if need be. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, June 25, 2012 5:30:25 PM UTC-4, clkcrawford wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm an electrical idiot. Never gotten my hands dirty in my life UNTIL >>>>> I bought my 1985 Nighthawk 450 a couple weeks ago. Wasnt running and now >>>>> its running like a champ thanks to forums like this and the Clymers. Now >>>>> the last two things that I CANT figure out. My horn and headlight are not >>>>> working. Already tested horn and headlight individually so I know its not >>>>> a >>>>> problem with them. I have tried studying and analyzing the wiring diagram >>>>> in my clymers and it might as well be instructions to deactivate a nuclear >>>>> bomb thats written in german. I have no clue what it means and the only >>>>> time I've tried messing around with stray wires sparks flew like 4th of >>>>> July and I burnt my fingers. SO...my question is this..where do I start >>>>> and >>>>> what do I check? You might have to use caveman language with me because >>>>> even "check the terminals for a bad ground" means absolutely nothing to me >>>>> cause I have no clue what those are. Only shop around in my area that will >>>>> do the electrical on this wants $90 an hour just to look at it. Trying not >>>>> to go that route. I apologize for my idiocy but I'm sure most people >>>>> understand that everyone use to know nothing and that happens to be the >>>>> stage I am in. If you need more info let me know I can post and reply >>>>> pretty quickly. 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