Quote:
Originally Posted by Neil E.
Jumper = go from your solder joint back to where that wire joins the previous component/switch/wire junction. This tests to make sure there are no broken strands inside the wire that you repaired.
Ground = yellow/green wire at ALL places where it connects. You could have a poor ground at various locations. Easy way to check is to jumper from the yellow/green wire at your headlight to any bare chassis point. If your headlight is bright, you know it's a ground issue.
|
Digging this back up as I'm finally getting around to trying to figure this out
I tested my headlight on our other bike and it's good. I used the plug from our other bike and when running that to my bike, the headlight is dim - does this mean that junction where the good plug connected isn't getting enough power through it? Or am I way off base?
Is there an easy way to test this stuff w/o starting the bike every time? Can I wire a 12v battery with hot and neg and use that to power the light at various points?
And another dumb question on making a jumper, is this splicing a wire in and cutting the old one? Or do I just run a wire "on top of" the existing wire?
I really suck at electrical stuff
