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Jul 12, 2011 | 05:26 PM

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wcsj55@yahoo.com

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If you cut the lighter plug off,that may be your problem !!

Jul 12, 2011 | 05:28 PM

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outlaw481

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Originally Posted by boatsswain

The plug on the back of the lighter? If so i checked before i put it back together. I also checked to a good frame ground, read .01 volts. Everything else works

There should be a plug in the fairing that the two wires for the cigarette lighter come from...possible it came loose or is corroded. If the bike still starts and has power everywhere else, its a wiring problem for that circuit only. Take an ohm reading through the fuse...if its still good, then might as well open the fairing up and work back from the lighter to the main harness connector.

I'd definitely double check the work I did and make sure my splice was 100% and ALL the fuses were good first though.

Jul 12, 2011 | 05:28 PM

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upstate tim

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Never mind.
Short on sleep

Got a light?

Last edited by upstate tim; Jul 12, 2011 at 07:46 PM.

Jul 12, 2011 | 06:06 PM

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KACook

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If you cut both wires at the same time with the key on, then the fuse is blown.

Did it have power at the lighter before you started??

It sounds like a bad fuse one way or the other.

Use a TEST LIGHT to check both sides of EVERY fuse in the fuse block.

Good Luck

Jul 12, 2011 | 06:11 PM

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HalfFast

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Did you have power to your lighter before you started this project?

Jul 12, 2011 | 06:46 PM

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boatsswain

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now that i think about it the power was on, but i checked the fuse and it is good, so frustrating

Jul 12, 2011 | 07:38 PM

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outlaw481

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I'd check ALL the fuses...just to be safe...

Jul 12, 2011 | 07:53 PM

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stuart1270

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Check the other fuses I just blew my fuse and it was not the one I thought it should be. For some reason it was a different fuse. Also my horn and signal lights went out.

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Jul 12, 2011 | 08:00 PM

#19

SG Mike

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Quote:

Originally Posted by boatsswain

The plug on the back of the lighter? If so i checked before i put it back together. I also checked to a good frame ground, read .01 volts. Everything else works

Take the wires off everything and measure one side to a good ground to see if you have voltage. If not then work your way back from there.

My guess is that your splice is bad somewhere or you've pulled one end of the wire out.

Also I would go to radio shack and buy the slide on clips and use the extra lugs on you lighter so that you don't have issues later.

Mike