Soltek Fuego's taking on moisture

Toecutter · Aug 30, 2007

Like I thought, they aren't designed as sponges and Baja will make it right if yours have leaked (within the period of the three-year warranty). Even if a bulb quits, it will be covered for three years from date of purchase.

From an email message:
We have had a issue with moisture entering the lights in the past, but the problem has been fixed or so we thought.

I spoke with:

Jayce Yardley

Baja Designs/SolTek Lighting

800-422-5292 Ext. 126

www.bajadesigns.com

2WheelTiger · Aug 30, 2007

You didn't ride it to the Guzzi meet, did you?

Toecutter · Aug 30, 2007

No. WFO.

Park City got something like four inches of rain in two hours on Wednesday. Mine was parked by then, but it was raining too hard for me to want to ride it around the block to the underground parking lot. One light took on some water, so it's going back to Baja for them to figure out where the water's getting in.

There were also some reports of the lights taking on water on the IBR bikes.

rickcorwn · Aug 30, 2007

Andre said:
You didn't ride it to the Guzzi meet, did you?

Solteks at the Guzzi Rally :blink:

IndianaTom · Aug 30, 2007

Rain? looks like mud!

gr8eyes · Aug 30, 2007

I think I'd be drilling a hole i n the lowest point of that housing and install a rubber plug

dcarver · Aug 30, 2007

Toe- thanks for the post. Keep us up to date with fix. I'm still waiting for my lights.. Good thing I have candles, eh?

huron52 · Sep 5, 2007

I have got my lights and just waiting on my brackets. But Thought that I would see what kind of lights would throw. Nice. But as I was jumping it from the truck battery I noticed that the ground was getting kind of warm. It could have been because it was not a tight connection.... but still...

What gauge of wire should we be using? I am talking from battery through relay to lights. And then gauge of the ground wire?

Toecutter? What did you use?

Warchild · Sep 5, 2007

toecutter said:
There were also some reports of the lights taking on water on the IBR bikes.

Definitely. I know of three folks off the top of my head: ~~Doug Chapman~~, Rick Martin, and George Barnes.

Here is George Barnes' story:

Both of my Solteks took on water on the 1st leg of the rally. One stillworks, although the reflector is discolored. I haven't taken the time to

determine if the other, non-working, one has an electrical problem in the

wiring or if the bulb/ballast/ignitor failed. One of mine also has a crack

in the lens.

:blink:

dougc · Sep 5, 2007

Warchild said:
toecutter said:

There were also some reports of the lights taking on water on the IBR bikes.

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Definitely. I know of three folks off the top of my head: Doug Chapman, Rick Martin, and George Barnes.

Here is George Barnes' story:

Both of my Solteks took on water on the 1st leg of the rally. One stillworks, although the reflector is discolored. I haven't taken the time to

determine if the other, non-working, one has an electrical problem in the

wiring or if the bulb/ballast/ignitor failed. One of mine also has a crack

in the lens.

Click to expand...

:blink:

Actually mine are still in their boxes as I have not received brackets yet.

My Hellas did not take on water of any kind, even the broken cased one patched with Goop and zip ties.

dougc

SkooterG · Sep 6, 2007

This is not good.

dcarver · Sep 6, 2007

At least you have yours, desert boy! I'm still anxioulsy waiting my lights

as it's now 0-darkthirty when I leave for work.

IndianaTom · Sep 6, 2007

dcarver said:
At least you have yours, desert boy! I'm still anxioulsy waiting my lights as it's now 0-darkthirty when I leave for work.

Yea, I'd like to have mine for EOM, but I don't guess that's gonna happen.

mdisher · Sep 6, 2007

Then Karma did me right when it through me a curve and sucked up my Soltek funds...

Toecutter · Sep 7, 2007

Warchild said:
Here is George Barnes' story:

Both of my Solteks took on water on the 1st leg of the rally. One stillworks, although the reflector is discolored. I haven't taken the time to

determine if the other, non-working, one has an electrical problem in the

wiring or if the bulb/ballast/ignitor failed. One of mine also has a crack

in the lens.

Click to expand...

:blink:

I'm sure Skyway and the other customers would appreciate George getting his Soltek's sent back to Baja, so they can figure out why they're getting wet and fix them, and then Ian can send out the rest of the GB orders to the waiting customers.

SkooterG said:
This is not good.

Almost as not good as having a ticker?

As long as Baja is paying for the fixes, it's still the best gig going, IMHO, just like my bike, which I still love, even as it starts its second bout of ticking (or whatever noise it's making now, that Yamaha will repair gratis).

Hey Carver, PM or call me if you really want a set soon, complete with brackets.

qkslver · Sep 10, 2007

Baja should have my lights tomorrow (9-11). Jayce stated that as soon as he recieved my lights he would send out new lights to me. He offered no explanation for the problem nor if any `fix' has been made to the new set? I explained to Jayce I had taked them apart to dry the water out and he was fine with that. However he wanted the lights returned as is, with no clean-up.

Here is my story"

Three days after the rain from hell, I still had moisture in both lens. So much so that both reflectors had water spots on them. The reason the moisture had not been evaporated from the bulb heat was the rain had also fried both relays, located in left front fairing. At the checkpoint in St. L. I changed both relays and the lights worked. Upon disassembling the lights to remove the moisture in the lens/reflector a large amount of water poured from the housing`s. This may have been the best light show any one has ever seen had the relays not quit?

I did not have the time to investgate the source for the leak at that time. They worked great the rest of the rally. Now if the rider had worked as well as the lights---------

Rick Martin

Pontiac, IL.

qkslver · Sep 17, 2007

Soltex update:

Recieved phone call from Jayce today (9-17). He is sending out new set of lights with a set of rock guards (at no charge). He stated they (BD) believe the water came from an incorrectly positioned vent hole. Time will tell.

Jayce thought mine were the only set that had been returned for testing? Has anyone sent theirs` in yet? I thought George Barnes had sent his back already.

I reinstaled the converted 910`s for the Nevada trip coming up this wekend.

Toecutter · Sep 17, 2007

qkslver said:
He stated they (BD) believe the water came from an incorrectly positioned vent hole. Time will tell.

So, all the vent holes are in the wrong spot, and all the others are gonna have to be redesigned? Bummer.

Has anyone sent theirs` in yet?

Mine went out today.

dcarver · Sep 18, 2007

Were you running covers on them?

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