Re: TURN SIGNALS PART II

Posted by sgtslag on Oct 24, 2011; 3:37am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/TURN-SIGNALS-PART-II-tp3446376p3447084.html

Well, I can't speak directly to the colored wires to use, but I can give you some generalizations, which should point you in the correct direction...

Dig out a schematic for your specific bike, and look for the signal light wires, and make sure you splice into the correct wires.  They can be tricky, with the different color schemes employed by Honda.  If you splice into the wrong wire, you can, and likely will, short something out, and blow fuses.

LED's draw less than 0.3 Amps!  A regular, 7W, incandescent bulb in a running light, will draw 0.6 Amps, and a 23W turn signal will draw 1.9 Amps.  If you are blowing 15 Amp fuses, then you have wired things incorrectly, and you need to reverse what you have done, and start over, with the schematic in hand.


If the headlight is flashing when you turn on your signal light, then you have cross connected the turn signal (23W circuit/1.9 Amp), and the headlight (55W/60W, 4.6 Amp/5 Amp circuit!).  If you reverse the polarity, it can get even worse...


Get the schematic, and follow it carefully.  Cheers!