[gaszak]

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Reserve lighting unit getting hot and melting plastic cover. Running dual headlights and led taillight. What could be causing this. Can I bypass this unit to test or permanantly? thanks, Glenn

 

[rcmatt007]

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heating and melting is usually cuase by one of two things... too much power drawn through a unit, or, bad connectors causing resistance... that unit is not meant to run multiple lights

 

[gaszak]

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thank you sooo much. you gave me the idea of shutting down one headlight and seeing if my problem goes away. if that happens is there a fix for the twin headlight issue that you know of. i see wings on the road that look like a christmas tree. my bike is naked with led tail light two headlights. i am pretty sure that the reserve lighting unit acts like a relay for the headlight and does a few other things too. thanks again, glenn

10 pm ran bike with one headlight and same thing. noticed a flicker on headlight when switching low/high switch. sprayed switch and lubed and works better. temp at rear of reserve lighting unit is still 170 F and smells like melting plastic.

 

[gaszak]

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Fixed it. You were right. Found 3 wires with bad insulation up by the headlight. Thanks again for your quick response.