Thanks everybody. I ordered a new/used fan for the bike. $50 on eBay. I'll plug it into everything and see if it works and doesn't blow the fuse. I hope it does because replacing the fan is a real pain.
Either way I am going to replace all the wiring from the PO. I have to expose it all to test the fan anyway and it really isn't that hard. He did some really funky things like installing in-line fuses on the hot and lead wires. Everything is really short and tight so it looks like he cut the wires too tight and stretched them to make them work. Just funky stuff that he shouldn't have done. My schedule just got crazy so I won't be able to get to it for another couple of weeks. I'll keep you posted. Thanks again. On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 11:24:42 AM UTC-10, Tommy Hill wrote: > > Sorry, Sean, but I don't know diddly about the ST1100. But I DO know a > little about wiring. If it is blowing the fuse, your ground wire is > usually not the problem. If the ground wire comes loose, the fan will > simply stop working since it does not have a complete circuit. The HOT > wire is grounded (shorting) somewhere. You have ruled out the switch. If > it is not too hard, replace the wiring and try again, but I suspect the fan > motor is internally shorting. If the fuse does not blow immediately, then > I would guess the fan motor is trying to turn, but won't, heating up, and > popping the fuse. If it is immediate, the bad motor or wiring. Start with > the easy one, then move along. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
