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Old Apr 14, 2013 | 08:29 PM
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I am blowing the same fuse over and over.. It is the fuse for the turn signals and the speedometer. Any guesses?
 
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Pinched wire somewhere.
 
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Any recent modifications?
 
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If your blowing fuses---find out why. Either something is going to ground or the circuit has increased in resistance for some other reason. You could do more damage than just one wire.
 
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Do you have to use the signal's in order to blow the fuse or does it just pop when you power up?
 
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what bike is this on?
 
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Don't ignore this, find the short. I shorted a wire on a bike once and had a fire after just 2 fuses. No damage, I was on top of it at the time, but panic is a word that might be used to describe my response for the first few seconds.

 

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I was blowing the fuse that goes to the brake light. Turned out it was in the right turn signal switch. I had changed bars 2 years earlier and guess had pinched it and finally wore through.
 
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