Re: [St] Things that would cause a tail lights to have no power...?

[Matt Knowles <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Often the brake lights have their own fuse, because of the safety  
consideration. You don't  want something else taking down your brake  
lights, especially since it's hard to know if they're working or not.  
The consequences though if they're not working could be severe.


On May 15, 2008, at 12:51 PM, Dan Wetherington wrote:

> Gavin Lawrie wrote:
> > At this stage it was just a visual check (to see if it had been  
> > damaged somehow and so offer clues to why the tail light is open  
> > circuit) - but you are of course are right about the need to work  
> > through the circuit step by step.  I'll start there on Sunday - but  
> > sometimes there are insights from this list that offer useful  
> > guidance based on prior experience (e.g. 'Check the handle bar  
> > switch first because it always goes wrong' ... etc.).
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Gavin
> Or like Neil's point about the fuse?  I wouldn't have guessed that  
> they separated the fuse for the taillights from the rest of the  
> lighting...
>
> Dan
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