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diovol (User)
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does this seem right 1 Year, 4 Months ago
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im putting on some l.e.d lights and cant get them to work right... i know that is a common problem but my question is with everything isolated and unplugged from the main wiring harness i can take the blue wire(running light/tailight) and do a contanuity test to ground and the meter goes off... meaning it is grounded but the tailight is still working when i turn it on. so it is not blowing fuses.... whats going on. |
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Re:does this seem right 1 Year, 4 Months ago
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Sending you a P.M.
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Re:does this seem right 1 Year, 4 Months ago
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diovol wrote:
im putting on some l.e.d lights and cant get them to work right... i know that is a common problem but my question is with everything isolated and unplugged from the main wiring harness i can take the blue wire(running light/tailight) and do a contanuity test to ground and the meter goes off... meaning it is grounded but the tailight is still working when i turn it on. so it is not blowing fuses.... whats going on.
You are providing a path to ground through your meter that does not exsist otherwise.
Jim
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Re:does this seem right 1 Year, 4 Months ago
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You wounldn't be installing the turn signal conversion kit from Electrical Connection would you?
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Re:does this seem right 1 Year, 4 Months ago
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The blu running lite is 12v positive, it is an open to ground. You don't say what kind of leds you are using, some only need a very small voltage, or a load resistor. more info from you would help to get your answer
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Re:does this seem right 1 Year, 4 Months ago
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You are getting continuity through the lights to ground. If you remove the lights then there won't be any continuity from blue to ground.
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Re:does this seem right 1 Year, 4 Months ago
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Starkruzen wrote:
You wounldn't be installing the turn signal conversion kit from Electrical Connection would you?
Funny Star should mention that, I just installed that kit last night.
If that is what you're working on, I can tell you that the diagram they included is not for a Roadstar, at least not an '05. The brake light wire is the yellow one going into the white tri-plug. The running light is the blue one on the same plug. Those are the ones you want to tap into.
I spent an extra beer using my meter to verify which to use.
Hope it helps.
Ratl. 
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Re:does this seem right 1 Year, 4 Months ago
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Jimtec wrote:
diovol wrote:
im putting on some l.e.d lights and cant get them to work right... i know that is a common problem but my question is with everything isolated and unplugged from the main wiring harness i can take the blue wire(running light/tailight) and do a contanuity test to ground and the meter goes off... meaning it is grounded but the tailight is still working when i turn it on. so it is not blowing fuses.... whats going on.
You are providing a path to ground through your meter that does not exsist otherwise.
Jim
why does the tips of the meter not arc then?
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Re:does this seem right 1 Year, 4 Months ago
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Avoid the drama and save $$$$. For less than $5.00 , the cost of 2 1157 sockets you can pull the sockets out of the turn signal and replace w/3 wire 1157's. Too easy to do and save $100.00 bucks. There's a good tech article on the forum that explains how easy and cheap it is. Did mine for under $5.00 and an hour of time. Replaced lenses w/ the cheap red lenses $($6.00) for both. They have a larger side profile than stock lens or the kuryaken lens which show up really well from the sides at night. Just a cheaper alternative.
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