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Author Message   Buellitup Posted on Friday, July 15, 2011 - 08:14 am:        I put the LED brake light on a 2008 1125, and now the ACC fuse keeps blowing. Not right away, and sometimes it can go a week, and then it blows. I had to clip off the plug of the LED brake light and I had to crimp on new connectors so that I could hook in to the stock connector of the 2008 1125. My theory is that maybe those are touching when the bike jiggles around and that I should put some electrical tape around the connections, but they looked fairly sturdy. Anyone else have this problem? Or have I over looked something obvious?   Jdugger Posted on Friday, July 15, 2011 - 08:15 am:        I've got to think there has to be another issue. Don't LEDs draw quite a bit less current for the same light output?   Sl33py Posted on Friday, July 15, 2011 - 04:32 pm:        they definitely should have less draw. are you sure you didn't wire it incorrectly? or something is touching and blowing the fuse. Take a look at your license plate light connectors and trace them back. I think they run on the ACC fuse.   Bextreme04 Posted on Saturday, July 16, 2011 - 01:12 am:        intermitant short to ground... only thing that could be blowing the fuse like that... if you have bare connectors they MUST be insulated otherwise the second they come anywhere near a ground (frame) they will short   Mtnbueller Posted on Monday, July 18, 2011 - 12:18 am:        +1 on bextrem04 I'm no engineer, but I know how to keep them 'lectrons where they belong   Buellitup Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 11:33 pm:        The electrical tape did the trick. It must have been rattling around in there and bumping the frame.   Ratbuell Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 11:38 pm:        Rule of thumb - if you can see metal...DON'T TURN IT ON. It will find a way to go wrong

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