My 96 gix 750 is blowing the lowbeam headlight fuse constantly. I kinda looked around and didn't see any exposed wire. Anyone work with the electrical or reccomend a shop that does but not expensive?
TIA for any help
My 96 gix 750 is blowing the lowbeam headlight fuse constantly. I kinda looked around and didn't see any exposed wire. Anyone work with the electrical or reccomend a shop that does but not expensive?
TIA for any help
Off the cuff, did you replace the bulb(s)? Does the fuse blow as soon as the light goes on, or does it take a while?
Replaced the bulbs and it takes a little bit for the fuse to blow.
did you go up in wattage ? if so that may be your problem.
My thoughts exactlyOriginally Posted by mikesf4i
- I suspect that these bulbs are drawing more power (because they're higher wattage)
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No it was blowing the fuse before I changed them and they are oem.
You were blowing the fuse with OEM bulbs?!?
The only other thing I can think of is the bulb socket - not sure how, but maybe that's causing a problem.
check the wire from beginning to end to ensure that it is not shorting to the frame at some pinch-point. usually the wire to the headlight is pretty short making this kind of failure unlikely but weirder things have happened...
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Spidey, do you remember Will's bike from the first parade we did? He was having the same problem. We looked over his connector real closely, and it had in fact melted inside and was causing intermittent shorts.
You were blowing the fuse with OEM bulbs?!?
The only other thing I can think of is the bulb socket - not sure how, but maybe that's causing a problem.
J, if you want bring your pimp ride over and I'll help ya look at it.
Word, lemme know when.
Yea, but he had aftermarket (& higher wattage) bulbs - that's what caused his problem.Spidey, do you remember Will's bike from the first parade we did? He was having the same problem. We looked over his connector real closely, and it had in fact melted inside and was causing intermittent shorts.
You were blowing the fuse with OEM bulbs?!?
The only other thing I can think of is the bulb socket - not sure how, but maybe that's causing a problem.
does the fuse blow with the bulbs removed?
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