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Title: Mystery black wire by rectifier?
Post by: Rema1000 on March 04, 2004, 08:22:51 AM
Anybody know what this unconnected black wire with white stripe is doing on my '92?
(http://grapeape.specialgreen.com/~bcarlson/gs500/images/mystery-wire.jpg)
Title: Mystery black wire by rectifier?
Post by: scratch on March 04, 2004, 08:48:21 AM
Accesory outlet for a cigarette lighter?
Title: Mystery black wire by rectifier?
Post by: JamesG on March 04, 2004, 09:08:40 AM
Black with White tracer is the standard ground for most components.

Check your side stand switch/cut out. Thats the only B/W single bullet connector in that part of the harness.
Title: Mystery black wire by rectifier?
Post by: jiggersplat on March 04, 2004, 09:09:21 AM
i've got one of those too... i'm in the middle of reconnecting my entire wiring harness.  when i get to that one, i'll let you know, unless someone else does first.

dan
Title: Mystery black wire by rectifier?
Post by: Briggs on March 04, 2004, 12:05:03 PM
Got the same excact thing here. hmmm... I can only wonder what it is for.
Title: Mystery black wire by rectifier?
Post by: stephan on March 04, 2004, 02:45:25 PM
Yep, me too.

When I first saw it I wondered . . . but not too much though 'cause the bike ran fine.   ;)

Well, either we all have bum bikes or it's meant to be that way . . . I just wonder what it's for . . .

:thumb:
Title: Mystery black wire by rectifier?
Post by: Rollin668 on March 04, 2004, 03:59:12 PM
It's an accessory plug.  
Actually, I'm just guessing...   :dunno:

But it's not the side stand...  my side stand switch works but I've still got this wire also...

It should show what it is in the eletrical schematic in the manual.  Key word is SHOULD

Rolly
Title: Mystery black wire by rectifier?
Post by: JamesG on March 04, 2004, 05:00:45 PM
I looked at the scematic, that  is how I made my guess.  The problem is that there are lots of B/W wires in the harness. Its hard to know what that is without seeing where it came from...