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Should wires to ignition be hot?

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:08 pm
by The Usual Suspect
I was doing some fine tuning on my 93 FZR600 with the tank cover off and engine running and when I toutched the wire hrness that connects to the ingition key switched i noticed it was petty warm. Not hot enough to say meltthe wire but it wat pretty warm. Is this normal? IDK

Re: Should wires to ignition be hot?

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:41 pm
by R3TARD
Normally heat on wires is an indication of an electrical short. Sometimes a bad ground will also cause heat but if its your ign wires I would suspect a short