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Thread: All lights out switch?

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    Has anybody put a switch to kill all the lights on the bike? I have done this on all my other bikes but cannot find the right wire to shut off all the lights on my 04 xb12s

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    I'd opt for a tail light "out" switch before I kill my headlights too... Just my $.02

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    fuse?

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    Pg. 17, Appendix B of the '04 Service Manual has the wiring diagram. It looks like the Orange/White wire coming out of the "accessory" fuse might be the one you're looking for. Pull it and it should kill all your lights I think.

    I have the Service manual in .PDF version if you don't have it. I can email it to you if you want to post up your address.

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    I tried the acc fuse it only kills the dash and tail light but not the brake or headlights. I do have the service manuel and tried tracing all the wires! On my Honda 900rr it was only one wire out of the ignition switch. I just want to be able to hit a switch and disapear if I was being chased or anything

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    if you want to kill EVERYthing, then look to kill the ground wire to said lights.

    if you kill the ground, you only need to switch one wire per light.

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    The schematic must be flawed. I noticed there was also a "Light" fuse, did you try it?

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    The light fuse only kills the headlights. I was thinking about killing both the light fuse and the acc fuse, but I do like the idea of switching the grounds instead of switching hot wires! It's a lot safer

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    either way, you are disrupting energy flow, hot or cold wires. the benefit to switching ground, if a connection comes loose and starts shorting against something else, the light bulb will just light back up, rather than blow fuses.

    The downside, don't cut ground from anything essential, such as the ecm...

    If I were to do it, I would have a relay at either end of the bike, one on the headlights ground and one at the tail light ground, and wire the relays together, and powered from one switch.

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    Anyone ever figure this out?



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