Headlight out? Blown Fuse - Honda Shadow Forums : Shadow Motorcycle Forum

BostonIrish · 04-19-2012, 11:55 AM

Had some issues starting my bike last week...finally got it going and now the headlight fuse was blown.I replaced the fuse and had no problems...I did start to keep the bike on a battery tender because I was away for a week.This morning I left for work and noticed while I was driving that it was out again.Could the battery tender be causing this or do I need to start looking for a chaffed wire in the harness etc.

dgraves49 · 04-19-2012, 12:06 PM

Start looking for a shorted wire.

superdiver · 04-19-2012, 12:33 PM

Short somewhere... is my guess as well...

BostonIrish · 04-19-2012, 08:20 PM

Well, I checked the fuse ..it wasnt blown..I took apart the headlight and found the lowbeam burnt out..It does work on high it seems..I took the switch apart..no chaffed wires that I can see.The old bulb was 100/80w which is bigger than the manual calls for, I guess I'll try a new bulb and see if the fuse blows again.

04-19-2012, 11:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
BostonIrish Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 12	Headlight out? Blown Fuse Had some issues starting my bike last week...finally got it going and now the headlight fuse was blown.I replaced the fuse and had no problems...I did start to keep the bike on a battery tender because I was away for a week.This morning I left for work and noticed while I was driving that it was out again.Could the battery tender be causing this or do I need to start looking for a chaffed wire in the harness etc.

04-19-2012, 12:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
dgraves49 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tecumseh, Michigan Posts: 684	Start looking for a shorted wire. __________________

04-19-2012, 12:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
superdiver Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ketchikan, Alaska, salmon capital of the world! Posts: 898	Short somewhere... is my guess as well...

04-19-2012, 08:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
BostonIrish Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 12	Well, I checked the fuse ..it wasnt blown..I took apart the headlight and found the lowbeam burnt out..It does work on high it seems..I took the switch apart..no chaffed wires that I can see.The old bulb was 100/80w which is bigger than the manual calls for, I guess I'll try a new bulb and see if the fuse blows again.

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