Afternoon all,
Looking for tips to correct a minor annoyance before it becomes a real problem. Riding around this weekend in wet weather, the dimmer indicator on my 2005 ST1300A came on and stayed on for a while. No other signs of any malfunction - the dimmer switch operated the Hi-Lo as usual, but with no change to the indicator light status (e.g. it stayed on regardless of the actual beam selection). No change from stopping and re-starting the bike. It did return to normal after my trusty STeed had time to dry out, but came back on with more wet weather riding. Now it is dry again, and operating normally.
So obviously, water/humidity is getting in somewhere and causing power to be applied to the indicator light (I think the light was not as bright blue as it is when operating normally, but that is pretty subjective). As I have ridden in all kinds of weather before and this has not been a problem, I suspect something has either come loose or cracked with age, letting moisture in, a situation that should be corrected before it degenerates into something more serious. But where to look? Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
PS: It should be noted that I have modified my lights to fanless LEDs, which required a modification to the boots so that the connectors would fit properly. Pictures attached, in case that may be where the issue is.
Looking for tips to correct a minor annoyance before it becomes a real problem. Riding around this weekend in wet weather, the dimmer indicator on my 2005 ST1300A came on and stayed on for a while. No other signs of any malfunction - the dimmer switch operated the Hi-Lo as usual, but with no change to the indicator light status (e.g. it stayed on regardless of the actual beam selection). No change from stopping and re-starting the bike. It did return to normal after my trusty STeed had time to dry out, but came back on with more wet weather riding. Now it is dry again, and operating normally.
So obviously, water/humidity is getting in somewhere and causing power to be applied to the indicator light (I think the light was not as bright blue as it is when operating normally, but that is pretty subjective). As I have ridden in all kinds of weather before and this has not been a problem, I suspect something has either come loose or cracked with age, letting moisture in, a situation that should be corrected before it degenerates into something more serious. But where to look? Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
PS: It should be noted that I have modified my lights to fanless LEDs, which required a modification to the boots so that the connectors would fit properly. Pictures attached, in case that may be where the issue is.
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