RockOn
Turbocharged
- Joined
- Feb 22, 2018
- Messages
- 638
- Location
- Escondido, CA
- Ride
- '06 R3 Classic, '08 R3T, '15 R3 Roadster ABS
While trying to figure out how to add an additional tail/brake light to the luggage rack on my '15 Rocket Roadster, ABS, I discovered I do not have an operating tail and license plate light. Just before that I discovered that one of the previous two owners had cut the wiring to the cheapest plastic saddlebags that were ever created. I trashed the bags immediately when I got the bike but noticed they had non-functional running lights and/or brakes lights at the the backside of each bag. Now, discovering why the bag light were not functional I disconnected the cut/disconnected wires connected to two harnesses behind the right side panel. Later I noticed I had no tail light and wondered if the disconnected saddlebag wires had anything to do do with no tail light. So, of course I got a sick feeling in my stomach that maybe I had done something to cause that tail light failure by disconnecting the wires that led to nowhere. I reconnected the wires and still no tail or license plate lights. That also had me wondering if I had a working tail light when I first got the bike. Maybe not. I knew the brake light and turn signals and every other light on the bike worked but wasn't certain about the tail light. At 78 years old you can't be sure of anything.
Anyway, thanks to Herm and other commentators I found in my search for clues I was zeroed in on fuse #10 for, "position lights". Turns out that fuse is blown. Why? I also noticed in position 8 in the fuse box there is a 10 amp fuse and it is supposed to be a 5 amp fuse. It is for gauge lights and also position lights, whatever those are. Why a 10 amp in a 5 amp position?
I am curious about a couple things: Why does the 5 amp fuse, position #10 for, "position lights" get blown and why is a 5 amp fuse, position #8, replaced with a 10 amp fuse for gauge lights and other, "position lights" not covered by fuse #10? I was about to faint working in the garage when it hit 98 degrees. Thanks to that I haven't installed a new 5 amp fuse in position #10 yet but will when I can tolerate the heat, maybe early tomorrow.
PS I spent a good 15 minutes just trying to see if the 5 amp fuse was good or bad. Only under a bright LED light at an angle could I get a clue there was a gap in the fuse element.
Anyway, thanks to Herm and other commentators I found in my search for clues I was zeroed in on fuse #10 for, "position lights". Turns out that fuse is blown. Why? I also noticed in position 8 in the fuse box there is a 10 amp fuse and it is supposed to be a 5 amp fuse. It is for gauge lights and also position lights, whatever those are. Why a 10 amp in a 5 amp position?
I am curious about a couple things: Why does the 5 amp fuse, position #10 for, "position lights" get blown and why is a 5 amp fuse, position #8, replaced with a 10 amp fuse for gauge lights and other, "position lights" not covered by fuse #10? I was about to faint working in the garage when it hit 98 degrees. Thanks to that I haven't installed a new 5 amp fuse in position #10 yet but will when I can tolerate the heat, maybe early tomorrow.
PS I spent a good 15 minutes just trying to see if the 5 amp fuse was good or bad. Only under a bright LED light at an angle could I get a clue there was a gap in the fuse element.
