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While hooking up some auxiliary LED driving lamps into the Honda auxiliary harness, I discarded the kit supplied illuminated switch and substituted a non-illuminated toggle on/off switch.
The illuminated switch had 3 prongs to accept 3 wires from the LED light harness. Two of the three LED wires were red, and one was black.
The toggle switch had only two leads, both black so I assumed polarity didn't matter.
I connected the two red wires from the LED harness together and connected them to the toggle switch. I then connected the LED harness black wire to the toggle switch,
I heard a "click" and in a nanosecond the LEDs flashed on and off.
So in an effort to figure out what i had done wrong:
I checked the LED light circuit fuse, it was good.
I replaced the toggle switch with the kit supplied illuminated switch, nothing....
I plugged the LED lights into the harness lead normally used for my GPS, nothing...
I plugged my GPS into its harness lead and it didn't work...
I connected the LEDs directly to the battery using the illuminated switch and they WORKED.
But my GPS and heated grips now don't work.
Obviously I'm no electrical genius, but I'm guessing that I've shorted the Honda auxiliary harness relay (?)
So I'm seeking two bits of advice.
1. Does it sound as if I've blown the relay, and if so how do I check it?
2. How do I hook up the three wires to the two wire toggle switch?
TIA for any advice...
The illuminated switch had 3 prongs to accept 3 wires from the LED light harness. Two of the three LED wires were red, and one was black.
The toggle switch had only two leads, both black so I assumed polarity didn't matter.
I connected the two red wires from the LED harness together and connected them to the toggle switch. I then connected the LED harness black wire to the toggle switch,
I heard a "click" and in a nanosecond the LEDs flashed on and off.
So in an effort to figure out what i had done wrong:
I checked the LED light circuit fuse, it was good.
I replaced the toggle switch with the kit supplied illuminated switch, nothing....
I plugged the LED lights into the harness lead normally used for my GPS, nothing...
I plugged my GPS into its harness lead and it didn't work...
I connected the LEDs directly to the battery using the illuminated switch and they WORKED.
But my GPS and heated grips now don't work.
Obviously I'm no electrical genius, but I'm guessing that I've shorted the Honda auxiliary harness relay (?)
So I'm seeking two bits of advice.
1. Does it sound as if I've blown the relay, and if so how do I check it?
2. How do I hook up the three wires to the two wire toggle switch?
TIA for any advice...