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Post by hopwheels on Feb 20, 2006 11:42:40 GMT -5
Hey guys:
The aftermarket tail light I've installled has one red wire and one black wire. The SR tail light harness has blue, yellow and black. Based on the wiring diagram, the blue goes to the main switch, and the yellow goes to the brake light switch. So how do I wire the red and black. (I assume the black is the ground and goes black to black). Do I split the red? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Gary
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Post by sjef on Feb 20, 2006 15:19:46 GMT -5
Gary,
first check wether the lightbulb has one ore two filaments.
when there are 2 there should be two wires and a ground. maybe the frame of the light is the ground. in that case, red is light and black is brake or vice versa.
if there is 1 filament red is light, black is ground,
do you have a device to measure ohm (resistance)?
if so checking is very easy.
hope this is helpfull if not ask
regards sjef
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Post by manxman on Feb 20, 2006 20:41:24 GMT -5
Gary,
Your tailight looks just like the one I used on my XS650. Because the housing is mounted on a rubber gasket, I soldered a ground wire to the bulb socket. An eyelet connector on the other end grounds to the turn signal stalk.
dave
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Post by hopwheels on Feb 20, 2006 21:04:42 GMT -5
Thanks guys. Dave, does that mean you ran the aftermarket tail light's red wire to the main switch/blue wire, and black to the brake switch/yellow wire? Then the added/soldered wire acted as a ground. Could I also run this added wire to the black wire on the original wiring harness to ground it? I'm pretty sure its a single filament Sjef. Thanks for all the help guys.
Gary
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Post by manxman on Feb 21, 2006 0:40:33 GMT -5
That's right Gary. Without tearing into mine I'm not positive about the blue/yellow connections but, if the brake light stays on, just reverse them. And yeah, no reason the ground can't plug into the harness ground circuit.
dave
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Post by hopwheels on Feb 23, 2006 9:53:09 GMT -5
Thanks, I'll give it a whirl.
Gary
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