88 fxstc...have a electrical short,guessing in the switch area? Getting no power and when it was it would trip the breaker...and any help is appreciated!

 

Give us some more specifics, exactly what happened?

There are four breakers: Main, Ignition, Accessory and Lights.

Which breaker is tripping? If it is the main breaker, it could be anywhere between the breaker and the smaller breakers, it won`t be hard to find.

Did you do anything to the bike prior to the electrical problem?

 

Yeah..was adding the wolo air horn..thought i could get away with tapping into the horn hot on the harness not the switch..now i have this short..it's the main circuit,thought it was bad so replaced it..still tripping till i took all the wires off the poles on the ignition and no power or lights

 

Which breaker is the lights?

 

Tapping into the horn hot....not the switch?

The wiring to the horn is after the switch, so all amperage draw on that wire is also passing through the horn switch.

That wire will only be hot when the horn button is pressed (you don`t need to get at the switch, but you may need to use a relay to avoid drawing too many amps through the switch and that circuit).

Is there anything connected to it now, or did you put everything back to original?

 

Back to original..if i put all the wires back on the ignition switch poles,it will trip the main...so should i replace the 15amp breakers?

 

Don`t replace any breakers yet.

There are four wires going to the ignition switch,(not counting the short wires that jump from one terminal to another on the switch).

The tan wire connected to terminal A (upper right side on the switch)is the power from the main breaker.

If the tan wire is connected, and the other three wires are disconnected from the switch, the breaker doesn`t trip, right?

 

10/4..c it

 

OK, connect a wire from one of the breakers back to the switch, you have three to choose from, either the lighting, accessory or ignition breaker.

Try the yellow wire, it goes from the lighting breaker to the top terminal on the switch (slightly left of top).

Once it is connected, turn on the switch and see if the breaker trips.

The next wire is the brown wire from the ignition breaker, it will connect to the terminal slightly left of the terminal you just connected the yellow wire.

Turn on the switch and see if the breaker trips.

Last, the red wire from the accessory breaker, it will connect to the terminal at approximately the 7 oclock position.

Turn on the switch again and see if the breaker trips.

If one of these connections causes the main breaker to trip, trace that wire to its breaker, the short to ground is somewhere between the breaker and the switch.

 

Copy..I'm at work,but i will address that in the morning and let u know..thanx