Well, it seems that you were all correct in that the rear lights are not supposed to act as running lights. I opened the turn signal switch, which was new right before this last deployment, and tested it for continuity. So far I have continuity(0 ohms) when checking the right side with the switch in that position. I get about 14 ohms when checking the continuity of the left hand side wires with the switch in the left hand position. To perform these test I disconnected the switch from the rest of the wiring harness at the connector for it and tested continuity there. I am going to open up the switch and see if I can see where the wire for the back turn signal is getting power from the main power line running into the switch assembly. By my reasoning if the left one is staying lit when it is not supposed to then the wire that supplies power to it as a turn signal must be getting power when it is not supposed to and since the switch is showing bad continuity, if I am testing right, then there is something in the switch that is allowing power to go from the power wire for the two fron lights to the left rear. Hopefully, this turns out to be what the issue is and if so I owe you all a debt of gratitude for pointing out to me that the rear turn signals are not supposed to act as running lights. Just irritated because this switch was new when I installed it and it came with it's own wiring harness and connector, which would mean that the manufacturer screwed it up.
On Apr 1, 7:51 am, Theodore Abbott <tedabbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > if you have a voltage reading before the bulb like on the wire itself the > the resistance is to high it gets higher as it heats up i would look for a > dio switch in line with the light, also check for continuity by un-plugging > the wire harness on both sides with no loads in the harness the ohm's > reading should be 0 to .0002 ohms if you have 12V and say 3ohm's you should > have = 4 Amp's > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:47 PM, axl498 <maineohio...@yahoo.com> 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 <sfox...@yahoo.com> 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 <maineohio...@gmail.com> 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 <sandp...@gmail.com> 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 < > > tstark1...@gmail.com> 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" <althomas...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Swap the bulbs or replace them? > > > > > >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > > >> From: Jason <maineohio...@gmail.com> > > > > > >> Sender: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > > > > > >> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:46:23 > > > > > >> To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!< > > nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> > > > > > >> Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > > > > > >> 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. 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