Zweihammer Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I have been having an issue lately when I flip up to the high beam on my ‘83 GS, the bright ass, red, “headlamp” indicator comes on as well as the blue high beam indicator. It is very distracting and I don’t see the point of it. I can see if the headlight is on without it. All my lights are on. It isn’t on with the low beam, thankfully. I have had an LED in there for the last year. I did just replace the charging circuit without routing it through the rest of the harness, I have it straight to the battery. It started doing this a couple weeks after that change. It also doesn’t do it once and a while, just to screw with me. Is it an indication of something else wrong? I’m getting ready to put a piece of tape over it as I don’t know where to look for the problem. Cheers, Zweihammer Quote Link to comment
Captain Chaos Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 remove the headlight indicator bulb? I have "fixed" car ABS systems and airbags like this 2 Quote Link to comment
Gixer1460 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I'm guessing the 'checker circuit' is looking at current draw to determine if the bulb is duff or not - as LED's draw less than normal bulbs its probably thinking its failed! A sales gimmick from the 80's which was never much use! 3 Quote Link to comment
Captain Chaos Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 that makes sence. Worth trying to install a resistor parallel with the headlight to fool the checker circuit, just like when using LED turn signals with a normal turn signal relay 1 Quote Link to comment
Dezza Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I think it is supposed to come on when the bulb is blown so you have a fault somewhere or it's a resistance thing going on as said above. The completely unecessay gizmo box thingy that controls all this nonsence can be removed but it has to be done carefully as it is not a strightforward job. I am assuming you have a GSX1100 (16 valve) which was branded in the US as a GS. I have the instructions for removing said box somewhere but I will not be home until the end of November to find the bit of paper 1 Quote Link to comment
Zweihammer Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 Thanks everyone! I wanted to make sure it wasn’t telling me it’s about to set my new R/R on fire. Cheers, Zweihammer Quote Link to comment
Captain Chaos Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 http://old-skool-suzuki.proboards.com/thread/4302/control-unit-elimination one I did earlier, with help from @arnout 1 Quote Link to comment
Fjbj40 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Captain Chaos said: http://old-skool-suzuki.proboards.com/thread/4302/control-unit-elimination one I did earlier, with help from @arnout Yup, I did the same on my ESD as that link said to do, fixed several problems with that silly warning set-up 1 Quote Link to comment
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