all the turn signals work when tested on a battery On Aug 27, 2012, at 3:14 PM, Joey Kelley wrote:
> Graham, > Dumb question - if you pull the turn signals out and > separate them from the harness - do you have power at the appropriate > wires there? If you do, its in the socket or the wires leading to it. > If not, your break is between that point in the harness and the rest > of the harness. > -Joey > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Graham Rogers > <[email protected]> wrote: >> thanks Ross, I already thought of that >> >> On Aug 27, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Ross M. Jamison wrote: >> >> Graham, >> Check to see that there are NO LED bulbs installed. Led & incandescent will >> not work together. You can make them but you will need a resistor between >> the led & power source. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Ross M. Jamison >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Aug 27, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> thanks Kurt, I'll come back to it again later - I have to put my mind on >> something else for a while, it's too boggled, Graham >> >> On Aug 27, 2012, at 9:21 AM, Kurt Nolte wrote: >> >> Graham, to recap: >> >> You have swapped the relay, and you know you have four working bulbs. >> >> The relay supplies power to the signal switch. Internal contacts in the >> switch disconnect the parking light (not supplied by the relay) and connect >> the pathway to the proper signals side. The load of the bulbs draws a >> certain amount of current through the relay, which heats up a metal strip. >> This causes the strip to change shape, breaking the circuit. Current stops >> flowing, the strip cools and makes the circuit to start the cycle all over >> again. >> >> If you have an issue with all four signals, the problem must lie somewhere >> upstream of the switch, including the switch itself. >> >> When the switch is OFF, you will read voltage at the switch from the relay; >> the meter makes the connection and allows current to flow. If you have >> voltage at the switch, try checking JUST continuity across switch contacts. >> Unplug the wire from the relay; if it is functioning properly you'll just >> get intermittent voltage, which isn't useful for checks. >> >> Kurt >> >> On Aug 27, 2012 8:21 AM, "Graham Rogers" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Allen, I spent a couple of hours at it yesterday afternoon - couldn't >>> find it. I'll try again today and report back. It seems that I have 12 v >>> from the gray wire at the relay to the turn signal bulb but when I activate >>> the turn signal it cancels the voltage in the gray wire (which may be it >>> should if the gray wire carries voltage to the running lights and the >>> running lights go out when activating the turn signal). However the green >>> and white is not hot to the bulb when I activate the turn signal. I tried >>> jumping wires from the relay to various places along the wire harness. Just >>> give me carbs to clean instead! Graham >>> >>> On Aug 26, 2012, at 11:36 PM, Allen Thomas wrote: >>> >>> Graham, any luck on finding the bad wire? >>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T >>> ________________________________ >>> From: "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:54:49 +0000 >>> To: Nightwawk Lovers<[email protected]> >>> ReplyTo: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Turn signal problems - AGAIN ALLEN! >>> >>> That is what the givi cases are for. >>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> >>> Sender: [email protected] >>> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 11:25:24 -0400 >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> ReplyTo: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Turn signal problems - AGAIN ALLEN! >>> >>> You crazy lucky people and your blinker parties. I'm nine hours away. :/ >>> >>> Javier, where do you fit the cooler on the bike? 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