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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 https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-electrical/sportster-motorcycle-lighting/49907-a-led-turn-signals-load-balancer-how-to?t=205077)) \\ | ||
| ===== Converting to LED Turn Signals ===== | ===== Converting to LED Turn Signals ===== | ||
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| **Choosing a resister**: \\ | **Choosing a resister**: \\ | ||
| - | It's important to understand that each incandescent bulb runs 24w when it flashes. ((IXL2Relax of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5396701#post5396701)) \\ | + | It's important to understand that each incandescent bulb runs 24w when it flashes. ((IXL2Relax of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-electrical/sportster-motorcycle-lighting/49907-a-led-turn-signals-load-balancer-how-to/page10#post3924654)) \\ |
| You need a 6-ohm resistor to simulate that equiv load. \\ | You need a 6-ohm resistor to simulate that equiv load. \\ | ||
| Using a resistor rated at 10-watts is definitely going to heat up when you run 24-watts of power through it. \\ | Using a resistor rated at 10-watts is definitely going to heat up when you run 24-watts of power through it. \\ | ||
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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)) \\ | + | The TSM is designed to expect a certain range of amps being drawn by the lights. ((Cosmo Kramer of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-electrical/sportster-motorcycle-lighting/49907-a-led-turn-signals-load-balancer-how-to/page8?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. \\ | 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. \\ | ||
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| So fundamentally use the right parts, install in a nice clean, protected method of connection (solder, shrink-wrap, etc). \\ | So fundamentally use the right parts, install in a nice clean, protected method of connection (solder, shrink-wrap, etc). \\ | ||
| - | | Simplified OEM turns. ((drawing by Scooter_Trash of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=205077, redrawn by Hippysmack)) | Resister / load balancer inline. ((drawings by Scooter_Trash of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=205077, redrawn by Hippysmack)) || | + | | Simplified OEM turns. ((drawing by Scooter_Trash of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-electrical/sportster-motorcycle-lighting/49907-a-led-turn-signals-load-balancer-how-to?t=205077, redrawn by Hippysmack)) | Resister / load balancer inline. ((drawings by Scooter_Trash of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-electrical/sportster-motorcycle-lighting/49907-a-led-turn-signals-load-balancer-how-to?t=205077, redrawn by Hippysmack)) || |
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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 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)) \\ | + | 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 https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-electrical/sportster-motorcycle-lighting/49907-a-led-turn-signals-load-balancer-how-to/page10#post3924654)) \\ |
| - | | 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)) || | + | | 3 wire flasher. ((photo by hawk69 of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-electrical/sportster-motorcycle-lighting/49907-a-led-turn-signals-load-balancer-how-to/page7?t=205077&page=7)) | Example 86-90 model LED turn signal conversion with 3-wire LED flasher. ((drawings by IXL2Relax of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-electrical/sportster-motorcycle-lighting/49907-a-led-turn-signals-load-balancer-how-to/page10#post3924654)) || |
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