ch33zecake
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So today while I was riding to work, I realized that my blinkers stopped working. Once I arrived at work I went to see if my break lights worked and saw they went out too. The first thing that came to mind was that the 15 amp fuse went bad. I checked that and sure thing it was blown. I replaced the 15 amp fuse with another one and right away it blew as soon as I turned the key.
I have the Motodynamic LED turn signals and LED integrated tail lights. I installed these 4 months ago and never had any problems until just now.
The first thing I did was check all the wiring to see if there was anything loose. I found nothing to be loose or exposed. Then I disconnected my tail light and rear turn signal wires and left on my front turn signals on. I turned the key and the fuse didn't blow. My front turn signals worked perfectly.
The next thing I did was do the same to the tail light and rear turn signals. I disconnected the wiring for the front turn signals while the tail light and rear signals were connected. I turned the key and the fuse blew.
I cut the heat shield on the resistors for the rear turn signals and visually saw nothing abnormal. I'm not savvy with multimeters so I asked my buddy to test the resistors. I'm not sure exactly what he tested, but he said they read the same for each of the two wires (blue and yellow). He's an electronics technician in the Navy so I took his word for it.
I put the heat shield back onto the resistors and taped everything back together with electrical tape. I decided to take the connector for the tail light itself (no front/rear turn signals and any resistors connected) and connect it. I turned the key and the fuse blew.
Now I'm beginning to wonder if something shorted inside the actual LED tail light. I don't have my stock one anymore because I was stupid to let someone have it. Otherwise I would've tested to see if my stock tail light worked. What do you guys think?
I have the Motodynamic LED turn signals and LED integrated tail lights. I installed these 4 months ago and never had any problems until just now.
The first thing I did was check all the wiring to see if there was anything loose. I found nothing to be loose or exposed. Then I disconnected my tail light and rear turn signal wires and left on my front turn signals on. I turned the key and the fuse didn't blow. My front turn signals worked perfectly.
The next thing I did was do the same to the tail light and rear turn signals. I disconnected the wiring for the front turn signals while the tail light and rear signals were connected. I turned the key and the fuse blew.
I cut the heat shield on the resistors for the rear turn signals and visually saw nothing abnormal. I'm not savvy with multimeters so I asked my buddy to test the resistors. I'm not sure exactly what he tested, but he said they read the same for each of the two wires (blue and yellow). He's an electronics technician in the Navy so I took his word for it.
I put the heat shield back onto the resistors and taped everything back together with electrical tape. I decided to take the connector for the tail light itself (no front/rear turn signals and any resistors connected) and connect it. I turned the key and the fuse blew.
Now I'm beginning to wonder if something shorted inside the actual LED tail light. I don't have my stock one anymore because I was stupid to let someone have it. Otherwise I would've tested to see if my stock tail light worked. What do you guys think?
