Lights and fuses

[rixchard]

Ok, so I was a bad person. I left the key in the bike, in the on position, for several days and the battery went dead. I charge it and the bike starts, weakly. We ride asround for an hour or so and park it for several more days. The battery is dead again. My fault, I know. So I push start it. It took a couple of tries but it fires up, I ride it around for a bit and when I get home I see that I have no low beam (HID) but the parking light is on. and of course a mostly dead battery I break down, buy another battery, and a nice BMW charger. I install the new battery everything is fine, but no low beam. So I'm thinking, I blew a fuse, but I can find no indication of a fuse for head lights.

So I ask , is there a fuse for the low beam? If not what part of the HID system did I fornicate up?

[RaffyK]

No fuses for the headlight for bikes prior to 2005 model. Check the bulb. May need to replace it.

[rixchard]

A bulb I can live with. I was concerned that I might have messed up the ballast or that other HID thingy :) and I was not looking forward to stripping the bike down to get to the darn things.

thanks,

richard

[RaffyK]

Ok. Didn't know you had HID. Some HID kits come with a relayed wiring harness that does include an inline fuse to the battery. May want to check that. You also may want to check the relay.

edit: I should have read your entire post.

[zippy_gg]

Richard, the CQ kit does have a fuse (7.5 Amp), alas it is probably out of sight and tucked under the nose cone, so you may want to start there. HID bulb are pretty resilient, but I had a ballast short out on me and replaced by CQ.
Check your connections as the wires on my new kit came off their connectors.
Ok, so I was a bad person. I left the key in the bike, in the on position, for several days and the battery went dead. I charge it and the bike starts, weakly. We ride asround for an hour or so and park it for several more days. The battery is dead again. My fault, I know. So I push start it. It took a couple of tries but it fires up, I ride it around for a bit and when I get home I see that I have no low beam (HID) but the parking light is on. and of course a mostly dead battery I break down, buy another battery, and a nice BMW charger. I install the new battery everything is fine, but no low beam. So I'm thinking, I blew a fuse, but I can find no indication of a fuse for head lights.

So I ask , is there a fuse for the low beam? If not what part of the HID system did I fornicate up?

[zippy_gg]

A bulb I can live with. I was concerned that I might have messed up the ballast or that other HID thingy :) and I was not looking forward to stripping the bike down to get to the darn things.

thanks,

richardI have a spare ballast if you need one.

[rixchard]

Thanks for the offer. I'll keep my fingers crossed that I will not need one

[rixchard]

So, the next time I install something that has a fuse I will make a note of where the fuse is. After an hour of fumbling around with my hand crammed up the nose cone's innner space, I was coming up empty handed and I am already dreading the thought of removing the plastic when I decide to look down the hole where the windshield arms are located. There I see the nice thick cable that connects to the ballast (mounted on top of the headlight assembly. By remvovind the windshield I am able to get my fingers in the gap and pull the cable up a bit, and what do i see? The fuse connector, and the fuse is blown.

So remember kids, put it where you can find it and remember where you put it

[zippy_gg]

Good to hear it was an inexpensive repair!:thumb: