gaz73 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I have an Italjet F50 and bought a new stop switch for the right hand lever, it works OK when it is in my hand but when I screw it into the hole on the brake lever I get a spark and the fuse pops. This happens with the old switch too, is this a bad earth problem? if so where do you start to look? the problem came from nowhere ive done no changes to the bike other than remove the stop switch then suddenly I get a spark when I try to screw it back on.I have a multimeter but not entirely sure what to check, the readings I get from the stop switch wires is 12.16 volts so seems like the wires are healthy but is there anything else I should check? thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 its not a bad earth your live is shorting to earth somewhere on the switch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fro Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Yeah, check the contacts/connectors aren't touching anything - a bit of tape round them would do some good. It could also be a frayed wire somewhere or other... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz73 Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 Guys you are awesome thanks a lot, I was pushing the wires all the way down and they were making contact with the switch body.Now I can move onto the next problem lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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