Lectrickery

[barbagris]

Do Daymakers not have a parking light built in? - I ask as JW-Speaker (who make them for Harley) do have a parklight.

 

[1olbull]

Do Daymakers not have a parking light built in? - I ask as JW-Speaker (who make them for Harley) do have a parklight.

Chris,
I ran the Daymaker Harley LEDs before the Adaptives 1 & 2.
There were no park lights that I ever knew of.

 

[sonny]

Yes there is. Main prong for headlights and a separate wire for parking lights. Requires different connection to fit the existing wire. Easy job and you retain your parking lights. No blown fuses or any other headaches. Little dot in between The two small bulbs on top. Light on left side look you can see the connection peeping out.

 

[Nat67]

Every word you just used to describe yourself, well I have been saying the same about you for years now maybe everyone will believe me

And that's the best bits !

 

[Nat67]

When you remove the bulbs, the terminals in the lamp holder tend to short together causing the fuse to blow
And connecting the wires together is a MAJOR NO-NO!!!! (that of course is a direct short!)
If you already cut the sockets off (which I presume you did to join the wires together?) then you don't need to do anything (well maybe just a piece of tape over the yellow wire to be sure the end can't short on the shell)
i.e. cut the sockets off but leave the wires unterminated - and especially not to each other!!! (but taped over the ends)

Thanks @DEcosse , I was hoping you would show up and shed some light on the problem ! I spent a whole afternoon making all the mistakes that you exposed in 3 short paragraphs !

 

[Nat67]

Do Daymakers not have a parking light built in? - I ask as JW-Speaker (who make them for Harley) do have a parklight.

I can't seem to find any ?

 

[Nat67]

Nath, i had the same problem when i did mine. Like they say, the terminals have a 'spade' fitting on the end right? If you just tape them up. they can short out within that spade fitting and 'pop' goes the fuse...taillight dont go then either.
i put the bulbs back in and tucked the whole lot in the back of the housing.It does get a bit tight in there for room tho.
If you desire, you could wire some blue leds into that park light fitting and have them under the fuel tank or somewhere. Then at night when you park the bike, turn the parklights on and 'WALAH!!"..you got blue lights shining down..i have seen that on a BigDog chopper at a bbq and it looked pretty cool...

Thanks Tal , my mistakes are glaringly obvious now ! Is anyone getting these light puns ?

 

[sonny]

I can't seem to find any ?

If i was not working on the bike with the battery pulled i could show you.

 

[stollydriver]

Tis a very illuminating subject, your bike will look light years ahead.

 

[Grumpy Ole Codger]

Thanks Tal , my mistakes are glaringly obvious now ! Is anyone getting these light puns ?

You might have noticed how quiet I've been...