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| - | ====== Bulbs & LEDs ====== | + | ====== Bulbs ====== |
| ===== Headlights ===== | ===== Headlights ===== | ||
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| - | ===== LED Lighting ===== | + | ====== LED Lighting ====== |
| + | ==== Sub Documents ==== | ||
| + | * [[techtalk:ref:elec03t|LED VOES Indicator Light Install]] | ||
| LEDs are not only highly shock resistant but they have a very long lifetime and can be made quite bright (and in many different colors). ((Scooter_Trash of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=205077)) \\ | LEDs are not only highly shock resistant but they have a very long lifetime and can be made quite bright (and in many different colors). ((Scooter_Trash of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=205077)) \\ | ||
| - | ===== Converting to LED Turn Signals ===== | + | ==== Converting to LED Turn Signals ==== |
| Selecting and mounting the LED turn signals can be fairly easy with many aftermarket options. \\ | Selecting and mounting the LED turn signals can be fairly easy with many aftermarket options. \\ | ||
| - | However, they cannot simply be straight wired in as the OEM bulbs are. \\ | + | However, they may not simply be straight wired in as the OEM bulbs are. \\ |
| The recommendation is to use a ‘load balancer’. \\ | The recommendation is to use a ‘load balancer’. \\ | ||
| - | Here is how a typical turn signal and flasher circuit works: \\ | ||
| If all you do first is replace the bulbs with LED lights, all is normal except the lights don’t blink when you push the turn signal switch. \\ | If all you do first is replace the bulbs with LED lights, all is normal except the lights don’t blink when you push the turn signal switch. \\ | ||
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| Between 1991 and 2007, the total load that each side of the Turn Signal Module is expecting is 2 x 24w = 48w. \\ | Between 1991 and 2007, the total load that each side of the Turn Signal Module is expecting is 2 x 24w = 48w. \\ | ||
| That's what it is designed to function with when blinking the TS lights. \\ | That's what it is designed to function with when blinking the TS lights. \\ | ||
| + | The TSM is designed to expect a certain range of amps being drawn by the lights. ((Cosmo Kramer of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=205077&page=8)) \\ | ||
| + | When a bulb burns out, that changes the amp draw and the TSM blinks fast (instead of not blinking at all as in older models) to notify the rider that there is an issue. \\ | ||
| Prior to '91, the turn signal flasher was an automotive type with no intelligence. \\ | Prior to '91, the turn signal flasher was an automotive type with no intelligence. \\ | ||
| From 2007 on, most of the TSMs are smart enough to sense and function with whatever the standard load requires. \\ | From 2007 on, most of the TSMs are smart enough to sense and function with whatever the standard load requires. \\ | ||
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| + | The 3-wire flashers have their own ground wire and they should require no load of any sort to function. \\ | ||
| + | The addition of two diodes for the indicator bulb in the configuration shown below should guarantee there is no bleed from one circuit to the other. ((IXL2Relax of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5396701#post5396701)) \\ | ||
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| + | | 3 wire flasher. ((photo by hawk69 of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=205077&page=7)) | Example 86-90 model LED turn signal conversion with 3-wire LED flasher. ((drawings by IXL2Relax of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5396701#post5396701)) || | ||
| + | |{{:techtalk:ref:elec:3_wire_led_flasher_by_hawk69.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:elec:86-90_led_turn_signal_conversion_pic_1_by_ixl2relax.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:elec:86-90_led_turn_signal_conversion_pic_2_by_ixl2relax.jpg?direct&300|}}| | ||
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