Who's made their own TRE?

[Hoon]

Yeah I made a switchable one for my 97 TLS a while back before I wrote it off. In fact I think its still floating around in the boot of my car!

[TLDV8]

i am just wiring it in.
TLDV8 made his own with plugs , not sure where he got them from.
i've just put the switch under the right hand side of the seat on the start of the undertray.
i have a hugger on so no rain or crap gets up there and the switch is discrete.

I got the basic TRE kit off http://www.jsdproducts.com/ to get the plugs.

The thing with the SATRE is it uses the neutral light circuit to power the transistor which then switchs the TRE off in neutral.. When you put the bike into gear,the TRE comes back on.

[imdying]

so i have definatly got the wrong one for what i need.

Yes, yes you have... which is a good thing, now you know where the problem is

[classic zed]

ok i looked at the bugman site and have realised that my resistor i have is 15 ohm not 15k ohm.
i ordered the 15k ohm off dse now and they are in a pack of 5 for about 50 cents.
they look like your cylinder ones tldv8 with the coloured rings around them.
so hopefully i'll be trying it out soon.
what setting on the multi meter do i use to check the ohm's there is a heap of bloody setting on it to choose from.

If you want to know what the coloured bands in the resistor mean check this web page.

http://xtronics.com/kits/rcode.htm

[davereid]

Dont touch the probes with your fingers while taking high ohms readings.. your body resistance will be measured as well and you will get a lower reading than the truth...