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01-14-2008, 12:11 PM | #1 |
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Hey BD,
I bought a tail light accessory device called "The Lite-Blazer" it's an led brake light mounted at the license plate. I'm not very good with electrical things and need your advice. I've already drilled a hole behind the plate bracket and fed the wires through it and mounted the blazer on the plate bracket. Now for the hard part. The light blazer has 3 wires, one brown one gray and one black. the directions are as follows: connect brown ground wire to bike ground wire, connect "hot" black wire to 12 volt+ wire to the taillight, connect gray to the stoplight (never ground this wire) If I'm reading the wiring diagram ( to the bike) correctly the taillight has 3 wires, blue, red and black/yellow. I don't understand which one is which. Also the accessory came with electrical connectors called IDC's. Do I have to cut the tail light wires to connect these?? thanks chicken Vin Login or Register to Remove Ads |
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01-14-2008, 01:00 PM | #2 |
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i used the one that goes in your turn signals from electrcal connections in knoxville tn. works great. lewis is easy to work with
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01-14-2008, 01:07 PM | #3 |
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Connect the brown to the black/yellow
black to the red gray to the blue using the connectors provided, they are probably an inline connector that folds around the wires on the bike end of the tailight, and the lite blazer wires slip into the other hole on the connector and are squeezed down with pliers. You should not have to cut the OEM wires, just splice into them.Hope this helps.
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01-14-2008, 01:28 PM | #4 |
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THANKS RINGADINGH. let me be sure I understand how to use these connectors.....it has two two channels, one above the other. The lower channel is a "dead end" or does not pass all the way from side to side, I place the device wire into that channel. The upper channel is a "through channel" and passes from one side to the other and I place the tail light wire into this channel, fold it over and crimp it down?
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01-14-2008, 03:31 PM | #6 |
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those two channels just provide a way to connect the two wires you supposed to "splice" together from what I'm reading here..
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01-14-2008, 04:18 PM | #7 |
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I have just returned from the surgical suite (garage) performing a very difficult and tricky surgery. Surgery was a success and patient is doing fine!!!
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01-14-2008, 07:29 PM | #8 |
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I hope you added a rubber gromet into the fender to protect the wiring from shorting out. If not, I'd do so......
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01-14-2008, 08:01 PM | #9 |
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thanks valdez. I didn't do that but will. I assume you can get those at any hareware store?
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01-14-2008, 11:59 PM | #10 |
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flightdoc; thats exactly correct the way you explained about the connectors, just put them into the correct channel as you explained without stripping the wires. when you squeeze the little metal peice down with pliers it cuts through the insulation and makes the connection and the little plastic flap covers it and clips together. Just make sure the wire that goes in the dead end hole bottoms out.
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01-15-2008, 10:16 PM | #11 |
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thanks ringadingh
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01-18-2008, 05:37 PM | #13 |
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takes a little time but you can do it
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