79josh81
XS650 Addict
So my head lamp hasn’t worked since I bought the bike. The high beam indicator light on the tach also does not work. I’ve tested the head lamp and it does light up when connected directly to the battery. I went through the birds nest of wiring inside the head lamp and everything seems good.
I have a brand new battery that tests out at 12.4 V. I’m not super electrically inclined, but what I’ve gathered trying to search through other posts here is that the head lamp won’t come on if the alternator is shot?
I checked the battery voltage with the bike running and it’s the 12.4v that I mentioned at idle. When I throttle up to 3000 rpm it only goes up by like 0.1 or 0.2 v. I tried the RLU trick by connecting the wires and the headlamp still doesn’t work.
Is my alternator the cause of this problem? And besides eventually having a dead battery, what other indicator lights would be out as a result of a bad alternator?
FYI- My turn signals, tail light, and brake light all work.
I have a brand new battery that tests out at 12.4 V. I’m not super electrically inclined, but what I’ve gathered trying to search through other posts here is that the head lamp won’t come on if the alternator is shot?
I checked the battery voltage with the bike running and it’s the 12.4v that I mentioned at idle. When I throttle up to 3000 rpm it only goes up by like 0.1 or 0.2 v. I tried the RLU trick by connecting the wires and the headlamp still doesn’t work.
Is my alternator the cause of this problem? And besides eventually having a dead battery, what other indicator lights would be out as a result of a bad alternator?
FYI- My turn signals, tail light, and brake light all work.