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#228602 GOOSE915 (User) What the.... who the? Senior Boarder Posts: 311 Spotlight Problem! 2 Years, 7 Months ago   OK I need some help from the all knowing minds here, I recently installed Spotlights on the bike and the problem I am having is that when I turn them on they pop the the headlamp fuse and I lose all my lights. If I replace the fuse and leave them off, no problem. I followed the instructions to the tee and ran the Red wire on the unit to that red wire with the yellow stripe in the wire bunch. I have checked the grounds and have good grounds. If I unplug the turn signals completely the spotlights will stay on, if I start reconnecting the signal wires they will stay on until I plug in the final wire then it will pop the fuse. I have checked that the signal wires are not pinched anywhere causing a ground but it keeps popping the fuse. Can anyone offer any words of wisdom?   Logged     There are OLD BIKERS and there are BOLD BIKERS, but there are NO OLD BOLD BIKERS!   The administrator has disabled public write access. #228605 sailrider (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 281 Re:Spotlight Problem! 2 Years, 7 Months ago   You have to use a Relay fired From either the high or low beam wire , and a New Fused 16 ga wire right from the Battery to supply the Passing lights . If you add up ALL the amperages ( watts divided by voltage ) you will see why . Also there is a moment when going from High to low or vice versa when both filaments are on and that puts the Ampwerage right over the top .   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #228608 GOOSE915 (User) What the.... who the? Senior Boarder Posts: 311 Re:Spotlight Problem! 2 Years, 7 Months ago   Thats what I was thinking, that maybe the lamps were drawing too much off that wire causing the fuse to blow. The power wire that comes with the kit has an in line fuse so would running that wire directly to the battery solve that problem? Little ignant about electrical stuff!   Logged     There are OLD BIKERS and there are BOLD BIKERS, but there are NO OLD BOLD BIKERS!   The administrator has disabled public write access. #228656 rolieroadie (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 100 Re:Spotlight Problem! 2 Years, 7 Months ago   GOOSE915, I had a similar problem with mine. After a lot of frustrating attempts to find the problem, I checked the passing light switch(the one on the passing light bucket). I found one of the wire on the switch was loose and touching the bucket thus grounding out, and blowing my 15amp fuse. I soldered that wire back on the switch and everything is fine now. Hope this help you. rolie   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #228706 Flashback (Moderator) Just the facts, Ma'am.. Moderator Posts: 9221 Re:Spotlight Problem! 2 Years, 7 Months ago   GOOSE915 wrote: Thats what I was thinking, that maybe the lamps were drawing too much off that wire causing the fuse to blow. The power wire that comes with the kit has an in line fuse so would running that wire directly to the battery solve that problem? Little ignant about electrical stuff! Sure that will work, but don't forget to turn them off...   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #228710 GOOSE915 (User) What the.... who the? Senior Boarder Posts: 311 Re:Spotlight Problem! 2 Years, 7 Months ago   Thanks for the input fellas the switch is the only thing I haven't checked so that will be next on my list.   Logged     There are OLD BIKERS and there are BOLD BIKERS, but there are NO OLD BOLD BIKERS!   The administrator has disabled public write access. #228712 Erbman02 (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3803 Re:Spotlight Problem! 2 Years, 7 Months ago   You can run the relay off the front running light too (blue wire) this will allow spots to be on with either low or high beam. Always had mine like that.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #228743 sailrider (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 281 Re:Spotlight Problem! 2 Years, 7 Months ago   Erbman02 wrote: You can run the relay off the front running light too (blue wire) this will allow spots to be on with either low or high beam. Always had mine like that. GREAT Idea Erbman , Im changing mine tonight !   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #228928 sigmund (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 225 Re:Spotlight Problem! 2 Years, 7 Months ago   Go with the relay solution already mentioned so you never have to worry about the possibility of losing all your lights at once. The instructions that came with the spots isn't the best way to do your wiring.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access.

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