Note to check bulbs... my epic fail

[Narcissus]

I spent about an hour late last night soldering and rewiring my turn signal bulb that had been intermittently going out. Put the cowl back to test and nothing. So I cut the wires to test, check the continuity, nothing. Change bulbs, still nothing. I check the other bulb and it works... so I'm looking at the bulb I had on and a spare I just tested. Filament looks fine... oh, wait, it kind of moved when I shook it.


Two bad bulbs.......



I know there's a light-bulb changing joke in here somewhere. ???

 

[BA BUSA]

Glad that you got it figured out

 

[Mellow77]

Dote! I was gonna ask if you had the bike turned on?

 

[wardie]

Bulbs can fool you. A great way to check is flick the bulb with your finger. It usually causes the filaments to separate and you'll be able to see that. I learned that the hard way rtying to figure out why with an ohm meter the dang thing has continuity then when you try and light it, it doesn't work.???Wardie

 

[DEMMYM]

That would be frustrating.

 

[Narcissus]

I think it's a sign to get LED bulbs.

 

[VaBusa]

Yikes, that stinks

 

[ibified]

Dont be so hard on yourself. It was just a fail, not an epic fail. An epic fail would have been spending hundreds of dollars to replace the electrical system.