Well i was riding on a hard trail with my Warrior and my front left light brakes right off where it was mounted. It hung down for a mile untill i got it back to camp.

The problem is it shorted out my whole quad. Everything works just fine, but if i turn on my lights it will blow the fuse. I rewired the lights and it still is happening, so im guessing its further down in the harness where the problem is.

The weird part is when I turn it on without hte lights on, you can see light in the reverse light. its not fully lit up, but its visible. WHen you turn on the lights (which blows the fuse), the reverse light will go off and the lights will not go on.

I am baffled and totally confused. Any help guys?

 

Youre right about it being a short. The short is between the fuse and the load, and is proabably a bare spot on the wire, touching either another wire or ground. If the short was after the load (headlight), then youd never know it,That would just make for a shorter ground circuit.
It could also be a fuse of too little rating. Did you replace the fuse with one that has the same rating as the stock one?
If you disconnect the headlight,at the connector, then try to turn the lights on, does it still blow the fuse?
When you spliced in the new wire....did you snip the old wire, on both ends of the bypass? If you didnt, this is the problem.
Let us know what you find.

 

I'll only fully know the answers to your questions on Saturday when i have the time to work on it. But after it blew, i checked the fuse and i saw that it was a 10 amp fuse. The stock one is 15 [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] so that could be a problem there, except i've been using it with a 10 (i bought it used recently) for almost a year now. All that i had on me was another 10 amp fuse that blew, and a 7. And yes, when i spliced in the new wire i snipped both ends.

 

Im thinking if you disconnect the light bulb, or the connector at the light, and it still blows a fuse, then theres a wiring problem. If it only blows the fuse with the light hooked up, then the light socket or the pigtail on the light is at fault.

 

Thankfully i fixed it.
I took the plastics all off on the front so i had room to work with. I then disconnected both lights fro mthe connectors, turned on the lights, and the fuse did not blow. I then reconnected the lights, and it blew. I then unplugged the light that broke off and was dangling, and tried the other light. That light worked. So then we changed bulbs, and it still worked, so the bulbs were alright. Everything i tried with the other light would blow the fus tho. So i took all the wiring apart and replaced it with new wires and boom, it all works. Thanks for the advice man, it really helped out.

 

You did all the work