| Author | Message | ||
     S1owner |
Ok so last year i removed all the factory controls and went with small switches i want to put an led in that tells me when i have my run/stop switch on the led lights i have tried work great except do not allow enough through for the starter to work they have to much resistance does anyone know what i could use? | ||
| Psykick_machanik |
Does the starter not work or does the LED burn out? If it burns out i would run the light in parallel with the wire. Not sure if you would need a resistor or some other electric gizmo to protect the LED. hope this helps a little | ||
| Harleyelf |
All you want is a LED that lights up when the run switch is set to run? Just don't make the starter switch current run through the LED; like Psykick said, run it in parallel. Take the hot lead for the LED from any circuit the kill switch kills (coil?) and run the ground side right to ground. | ||
| Radon30 |
You will need a drop resistor or the LED will burn out, depending on diode probably a 500 ohm would do the trick. (Message edited by radon30 on December 30, 2012) | ||
| Coxster |
Sounds good Radon. 500 ohms will put about 3.5v on the LED from a 14 volt supply, give or take a few. Most current LEDs will take the 3 volts easily. Make sure you hook the long lead of the LED to positive. If it's round when looking at the bottom the flat side is negative | ||
| Radon30 |
Actually, the diode should only drop voltage its rated at, if its the new blue or white probably around 4 volts any other colors usually around 2 volts. I just used a 20m amp as a guide line most led's will handle that, the resistor will drop whats ever left from diode voltage. | ||
| S1owner |
Ok no offense guys but you are speaking far above me here. If you could tell me what to get and how to hook it up. I have the skills just not the grammer to match | ||
| Radon30 |
S1 I sent you a pm in case in goes to your spam mail. | ||
| Coxster |
quick sketch with MS Paint:  | ||
| Radon30 |
Yep that works and it don't matter which leg you put the resistor on, positive or negative, which ever makes more sense when making the connection. | ||
| S1owner |
Ok so how about the headlight low beam wire considering i already have that open for a hid mod? I have a 12 volt led from the shack how do i tell which diode and you said the long end goes to the positive on the led! | ||
| Coxster |
if you already have a 12V LED don't worry about the resistor. Basic LEDs have one lead longer than the other most of the time, does your RS LED have color coded leads? Tie one to the low beam wire and the other to GND. You can test it on a 9V battery to check polarity/direction. ( it won't be full brightness but you'll know which is which ) coxster at yahoo if you have other questions : ) | ||
| Radon30 |
I would say no on the low beam, I didn't think the run/stop switch ran off of that . Just go to ignition side of coil , that would give you the positive from run stop , then just tie in to the chassis anywhere to get your negative. Not sure on you LED it should of came with a data sheet or information on the back of the package as to which lead is positive. As coxster said if its rated for 12v no need for a dropping resistor. (Message edited by radon30 on January 01, 2013) |
