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Thread: 85-86 250R headlight voltage......WTF??? (solved)

  1. 06-26-2007, 10:49 PM #1
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    85-86 250R headlight voltage......WTF??? (solved)

    I had to splice on a new plug for my headlight earlier today.
    The one that was there was toast. I noticed the headlight flickering out by the garage. When I went down by the plug to wiggle it around, I got wacked pretty good!!.
    While I was trying to figure out which wire was what (cuz I was dumb and just cut the plug off without noting), I couldn't get hardly anything on my multimeter, headlight or taillight.
    This was on Volts DC. I thought about it, and figured it was AC, since I got wacked.
    I switched over to AC and actually got something more than about 2 volts, but not what I thought it might read.
    All the lights are working fine now, but I am still wondering if the lighting coil puts out AC, or DC current.
    Anyone know?
    Last edited by InPiEcEs; 06-27-2007 at 01:08 PM.
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  2. 06-26-2007, 10:53 PM #2
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    The lighting circuit on a 250R is AC. The only trikes that use DC for lighting are the ones with batteries.
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  3. 06-26-2007, 10:59 PM #3
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    Cool........Thanks ATCnut.
    That's what I thought. I've never known DC current to whack a guy like that.....LOL
    Thanks again for the info........now I can put my mind to rest.

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