Brake light issue-pulse scout By dallir (Read 693 times)

[dallir]

Hi all,

I have purchased a pulse scout as a project bike and managed to get it going as it was a non starter (I am a total scooter novice). However, I have found that when the ignition is turned on, the brake lights stay on even when the lights are not switched on. I decided to buy a new front light switch but I am having the same issue. When I disconnect one of the brake switches the brake light is still on, but when the brake switch is pressed the tail light dims(seems to be working in reverse to how it should behave). The same happens if I swap sides and remove the other switch and leave one plugged in, the brake light stays on but dims when the switch is pressed in. When both switches are plugged in and I press one switch in the brake light stays lit, however, I have to press both together to get the light to dim. Does anyone have any ideas before I simply cut my losses with the bike and go and buy a new one?

Many thanks in advance

Ryan

[JR]

Ryan

99% of the time when you have this issue you've got a bad ground wire going to the back bulbs, or you've got a hot wire in the harness that has joined with the brake light circuit. Also I have see the sockets go bad and when one puts the 1157 stop/tail light bulb in it gets crossed circuited as in the tail and brake light both are on.

These are the three things I would check for first especially the ground wires.

JR

[dallir]

I appreciate you replying. I have looked at the wiring and I can not see an obvious fault with the black wires. I have cut the green/yellow wire at the front of the scooter just below where 2 feed in to one. I have then ran another wire from this point straight to the rear tail light and I am still getting the same issue, the brake light comes on. I thought that if there was a problem with the green/yellow wire then this would by pass that and the tail light would work normally. I have disconnected various connectors which have a black wire going in to them at the front of the scooter, to see if this would stop the brake light coming on whilst the ignition was on but it hasn't. I do not want to keep buying parts unnecessarily, so is there a way I can try to bypass the black wiring in a similar fashion to what I did with the green/yellow wire to see if the brake light will work normally to try to narrow down the problem area?