| Author | Message | ||
     Batbeyond99 |
i have been doing alot of mods lately and one of them has caused me some issues. on my Honda i bought the led license plate bolts and had no issues. now that i put them on my 1125r i blew three fuses in one night trying to figure out the problem. a guy told me to pick up a load equalizer and sure enough it worked. now the issue is the heat from the equalizer. Sportster_mann just told me that he has the same lights and did not have to add anything to them and had no issues. i thought maybe i had a short but i did plug the oem light back in and it worked just fine. i am asking if any one has any suggestions that are not over the top. i say that because at work all the guys kept talking about going to radio shack and making all sorts of resistors. | ||
| Benzo_mike |
What brand of bolts? I have had no problems at all hacking into the stock pigtail. Did you observe polarity and did you wire them in parallel or series? Worth asking. | ||
| Kirb |
Had no problems with mine, but mine were 12V with the current limiting resistor built into the unit. Cheaper LEDs might require you to put a resistor in line with them (I would avoid these types if possible). | ||
| Batbeyond99 |
i picked these up at cycle gear and i did + to + and - to -. i added more wire to them so i could just bend the wire and plug it into the female end of the bikes wiring. this is the part that really got me. the first time i blew a fuse i grabbed just one of the lights and grounded it to the bike then held the pos in place. as soon as i turned on the key it blew the fuse. hey BENZO and KIRB would you please tell me what brand you are using? | ||
| Stirz007 |
I used them on a special construction job I did a while back - these were acorn nuts, with leads running through stud. "Plug and play" connections to hot lead, nothing special required (12 V). Don't remember brand, but probably available through most aftermarket suppliers (K&S, V-Twin Mfg,pg. 1096, etc.).. The only issue is that once you have connected the wiring (soldered connection in my case), you have to slot the license plate from outside edge to mounting hole to allow mounting without disconnecting wiring from leads. Google "lighted license plate bolts" and you will find a wide selection to choose from. | ||
| Sportster_mann |
Mine are like these - http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/c ontent_prod/30/30843?r=Froogle As I said before - they've never caused a problem. I'm surprised that yours are blowing fuses - usually it's the LEDs that go bang as they don't need a lot of current. | ||
| Stirz007 |
sportster - check out my profile, and look closely at license plate mount on my purple beast. It looks like I used something similar. I did NOT need any resistor or other gizmo. Just wired em up! | ||
| Ridegreen2oo |
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BLACK-CUSTOM-LED-LI CENSE-PLATE-BOLTS-NEW-PAIR-USA-MADE_W0QQcmdZViewIt emQQhashZitem45f1b9d3bfQQitemZ300408230847QQptZMot orcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_3008wt_1166 I bought these off Ebay last year, spliced on the connectors off the original license plate light and plugged them in. Work like a dream. Only problem like Stirz says is you either have to disconnect them to remove the plate, or slot your plate on the sides. | ||
| Benzo_mike |
Custom Dynamics Lite N' Boltz, wired in parallel. Plug and play, no issues, very high quality. Same comments apply as the others - going to have to notch the plate for easy removal, or just cut the old plate off. | ||
| Stirz007 |
Come to think of it - I did use Lite N' Boltz - they are pretty no-brainer (which works good for me). http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DEI-030311/ | ||
| Jules |
Take the LED bolts off entirely and wire an inline fuse straight from the + side of the LED to the +side of the battery, touch the -ve side of the LED to the battery... If the inline fuse blows you'll know your LEDs are faulty... | ||
| Batbeyond99 |
thanks Jules, i will try that. i asked the girl at radio shack about doing that and she had no clue what i was talking about. she wanted to call her brother that rides a sport bike. i had to point it out to her that this is about electronics and not bikes. i hope that it is just faulty lights and i can take them back. i am worried that i might have some type of problem i wont find on my own. |
