SV1000 led indicators???????

**Sanx** · 10th January 2008, 22:55

Resistors are a piece of piss to add, though the caveat about not mounting them on plastic does apply. In general, you'll need one 5 Ohm 25 W resistor per indicator, and you place it in parallel with the indicator, not inline. Resistors available from RS components (part number: 158-503) for the grand sum of about $6 each. If you choose the one I listed above, it comes with a built-in heatsink, so it doesn't get too hot and makes mounting easier.

**imdying** · 11th January 2008, 06:29

A piece of piss is to move two wires from one box into another... compared to that, resistors are a pain in the arse.

**davereid** · 11th January 2008, 07:47

Originally Posted by Sanx

Resistors are a piece of piss to add, though the caveat about not mounting them on plastic does apply. In general, you'll need one 5 Ohm 25 W resistor per indicator, and you place it in parallel with the indicator, not inline. Resistors available from RS components (part number: 158-503) for the grand sum of about $6 each. If you choose the one I listed above, it comes with a built-in heatsink, so it doesn't get too hot and makes mounting easier.

Yep. Personally I think that its easier to use an electronic relay, but resistors do leave your bikes original electrical system intact.

Calculating the resistor value....

Read the wattage of the bulb you are replacing.
Double it if you are doing front AND rear on the same side and only want to use one resistor, or leave it the same and buy two.

This is the wattage of the resistor you need.

Now you need to calculate the resistance.

resistance required = 200/wattage.

Example :

5 watt indicator, replacing both front & rear so 10 watts.

resistance required = 200/10 = 20 ohms

Example :

25 watt indicator.
So 25 watt resistor required.
200/25 = 8 ohm resistance.

Shit... sounds much easier to get a new relay !

**imdying** · 11th January 2008, 08:14

Originally Posted by davereid

Yep. Personally I think that its easier to use an electronic relay, but resistors do leave your bikes original electrical system intact.

Well not really.

You either have to modify the loom to install the resistors, or you have to install them into the wiring for the indicators, which then means chopping the plugs off of the factory indicators (but to be fair, you'll be doing that anyway).

The relay installation is as simple as pushing two pins out of the factory relay socket with a small pin or paper clip, and then pushing them onto the relays prongs, something you can reverse in about 3 minutes, you don't even need to take the body work off. One cable tie, job done.

**Mattzxr750** · 11th January 2008, 11:49

Originally Posted by imdying

The relay installation is as simple as pushing two pins out of the factory relay socket with a small pin or paper clip, and then pushing them onto the relays prongs, something you can reverse in about 3 minutes, you don't even need to take the body work off. One cable tie, job done.

Installing mine was just a matter of unpluging the old one and pluging the new one in

**imdying** · 11th January 2008, 11:57

Originally Posted by Mattzxr750

Installing mine was just a matter of unpluging the old one and pluging the new one in

Yep, on some bikes it's that simple

On the SV1k however, the side stand switch relay and the indicator relay are built into one, which means you gotta just pop the wee spade lugs outta the right holes, and plug them into the new relay. Still a 3 minute job though

**imdying** · 11th January 2008, 12:19

I apologise for not having double checked the wiring yet, but I'm pretty sure that it's brown and light blue, I'll try to remember to have a look tonight

**arj127** · 11th January 2008, 14:01

Cheers for that. Will be about a week before i get the undertray

**imdying** · 12th January 2008, 11:58

Yes, definitely light blue and brown

**arj127** · 13th January 2008, 11:21

thanks for the tip on wire colours imdying, saved me a bit of time. Had to trim down the terminals on the relay as they are a different size to the suzuki terminals that come out of the existing relay.
Everythings all running good again, but its a pity the relays not a quite one like the suzuki relay.
Cheers.