anyone experience this?
Oct 4, 2011 | 10:22 PM
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anyone experience this?
Riding home in the Ar. hills this eve coming home fron an A.B.A.T.E meeting, whenever I used the high beam, the lights would dim and the voltage would drop off. Voltage stayed up around 14.5 with the low beam and driving lights. Any ideas?
Oct 4, 2011 | 11:27 PM
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From: Cherokee Co. Georgia
Did ya check all connections at the battery?
Oct 5, 2011 | 06:14 AM
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From: Durham, north east England
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DHubbs
Did ya check all connections at the battery?
I'd also check the connections to the bulb, high beam terminal especially.
Probably some corrosion somewhere.
Good luck.
Oct 5, 2011 | 07:11 AM
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From: Central Illinois, Between I-80 and I-74
Also won't hurt to spray a little contact cleaner in the bright/dim switch.
Oct 5, 2011 | 03:22 PM
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From: Joplin, MO
Check battery conection. Ya gotta love those AR hills. Great riding.
Oct 5, 2011 | 03:32 PM
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Also make sure you have good clean ground connections both at the light and at the battery....
Oct 5, 2011 | 04:50 PM
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Some have recently had melting headlight connectors.
Oct 5, 2011 | 05:23 PM
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Dielectric grease is your friend!
Oct 5, 2011 | 05:31 PM
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upstate tim
Some have recently had melting headlight connectors.
+1 just had this problem. one of the connectors was burned, I suspect from being loose.
kroozeabout.
Oct 5, 2011 | 10:53 PM
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Yes , beautiful ride in the hills today, loose ground at the battery. Dielectric grease "is " my friend. Thanks Bros , for the input. life is good
anyone experience this?
