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    Tail light, grrrrrrr

    hi
    ok so i was playing around with the idea or making a new led brake/tail light,
    i made the whole unit, spent like a hour of today at work making this awsome led clear unit thingy(lost camera).
    right i get home turn off bike take of helmet etc etc etc.
    i remove the existing unit and put in the led one turn bike on , ok so it goes, looks alright ,
    but the brake light didint work (more modding) ,

    so i removed it ,as i was removing the new unit i heard a bzzzzz ,
    fuck.i diddint turn the bike off!!!!!!!!!!.

    turn bike off,
    righto so i put the original unit in and turn bike on, now it wont light up but it goes when i touch the brakes

    i checked all the fuses and the bulbs
    i could find and they are all sweet theres gota be more somwhere
    the plate lights, indicators, brakes headlights all are fine
    any clues???

    ohh and i still cant get on to that othersite sr.

    ps my spellings crap and my grammer.
    thanks in advance Hayden

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    Sound like you are going to have to run a new wire.

    Have you checked on how much current the LED is drawing compared with the bulb rating?

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    Quote Originally Posted by YellowDog View Post
    Sound like you are going to have to run a new wire.

    Have you checked on how much current the LED is drawing compared with the bulb rating?

    well the led unit was outa of a station wagon
    its gotta be a fuse as it was goin fine untill the wires arced that bzzzzz noise i refered to
    can i just run a wire from the plate lights? they are led also

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    No doubt a fuse mate,when i was hooking up this unit in the instructions there was something about making sure any exposed wiring was taped over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    No doubt a fuse mate,when i was hooking up this unit in the instructions there was something about making sure any exposed wiring was taped over.
    yea i think it is too
    bloody w/s maunel is at the maintenence site and i gotta go to work a 7am

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    cheers for the help guys

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    If a fuse hasn't blown, then you might find a relay has failed, or a "wire" became a fuse and melted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by p.dath View Post
    If a fuse hasn't blown, then you might find a relay has failed, or a "wire" became a fuse and melted.
    yea i wont know till i check em buga, my brake light still works so ill just wait till i get my manuel , and just ride it out during the days

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    Hope you get it sorted soon - not that its riding weather up here

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    Quote Originally Posted by hayd3n View Post
    yea i wont know till i check em buga, my brake light still works so ill just wait till i get my manuel , and just ride it out during the days
    Whats the bulb look like now? Both filaments good or one gone?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Squiggles View Post
    Whats the bulb look like now? Both filaments good or one gone?
    ther bulbs are fine somthing happenend when i was removing the led one

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