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10-04-2017, 08:05 PM | #1 |
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Dual color plasma LED rods
So I recently installed plasma LED rods eliminating the gawdy rear end lighting, making it sleek. Additionally mounted a LED radius license plate. Wiring on the LED rods was pretty straight forward until it came to getting the turn indicators to work properly. After 1-2 hrs on the phone with tech support (outstanding btw) we finally figured it out. Will post pics and instructions later if anyone is interested.
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10-04-2017, 08:24 PM | #2 |
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My friend has these as supplemental lighting on his Harley. I'm not so sure I would use them as my main lighting, during the day they are not all that bright. At night they are awesome though.
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10-04-2017, 10:06 PM | #4 |
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10-05-2017, 10:03 AM | #5 |
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pics or doesnt exist !
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10-05-2017, 12:16 PM | #6 |
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So if I understand you correctly Demo man the only literature you claim that exists is comics? However here are some reassembly pics for those who wanted to see. Personally I think they are just as bright as the OEM signals. I'll post night pics and final assembly when able.
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10-05-2017, 05:41 PM | #7 |
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I like them!
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10-05-2017, 07:20 PM | #8 |
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Reassembled at dusk pics. First running lights, brake lights, license plate with LED bolts and led illuminated, last two pics amber turn signal flashing on/off.
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10-05-2017, 09:29 PM | #9 |
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Very nice, And Now the Instructions. PLEASE and Thank You. Nice job Can you also hook up the Plates LEDs to work with everything? You Know add lighting. Or are the plate LEDS all one circuit?
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10-06-2017, 09:41 AM | #10 |
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Instructions
Disclaimer, I am in no ways a master electrician; nor may the procedures listed below work for your particular application. They are intended to be a guide,to help with installation and to point out lessons/tricks I learned.
PARTS J&P Cycles 138-367 RADIUS LED LICENSE PLATE FRAME 1 $44.99 $44.99 136-919 DUAL COLOR PLASMA RODS 138-448 PLASMA ROD DUAL CONVERTER 340-300 DUAL LOAD EQUALIZER AMAZON DEI 030306 Lite'N Boltz Accent Lighting - LED Lighted Button Head Bolts - Green (Pack of 2) 2 ea 1. Removed the rear taillight, 3 screws under rear fender. 2. Removed plastic wire cover under rear fender, 2 bolts. 3. Removed rear license plate / turn signal assembly, multiple bolts and screws, start with chrome cover. 4. Cut wires that go to license plate light (Red +/ Blk yellow tracer -). 5 Soldered together wires from led bolts and LED license plate to corresponding wires on bike (+/- respectively). I fabricated my license plate bracket out of bar stock because all the pre fab ones pushed the license plate to far out from the bike. I wanted sleek flowing lines. Of note the LED bolts were larger than holes in LED license plate bracket so I had to drill them out larger. 6. Cut wires from brake/running light on bike (blue/red) and spliced in LED wires from plasma rods (red/blue). Note here that the you do not connect like colors, in fact the opposite (bike red = plasma blue & bike blue = plasma red). Not sure why, just what worked for correct brake and running lights. 7. Cut turn signal wires on bike (green/ blk yellow tracer) spliced these wires to the remaining turn signal wires on plasma rods (yellow). Here is where the headaches started. First when i connected the wires (Green bike = yellow plasma) all i got was red four way rapid flashing. Purchased a load equalizer. Connected load equalizer per instructions (2 color wires to turn signal and blk wire to ground). This eliminated the rapid flashing but plasma still only illuminated red, no amber. Called Custom Dynamics tech support took us about 2 hours to trouble shoot why no amber illumination. Long story short I wired the bike (blk yellow tracer = yellow plasma) wire to the plasma rods. Makes no sense considering this should be my ground wire. I capped off the bike green turn signal wires and did not use them. I soldered all connections and heat shrank wires since I'm not a fan of wire connectors. They can be used though. One other neat item i found was liquid rubber wire coating. This is like liquid heat shrink, just brush on area that you want insulated and let dry. Found this at Walmart for about $4 for a small bottle, but I'm sure you can purchase elsewhere. 8. Insulated all connections. 9. Reassembled all removed components. I am happy with the results, as I previously stated, the rear of the bike flows nicely now and looks great. I personally think the plasma rods are bright enough for day and definitely are bright enough at night. As you can see in pics they are about the same brightness as the rear light. |
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Looks good. Would be nice if this would be legal in germany, but nope.
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I am mentally challenged, would you mind providing the final wiring color scheme? bike green = Plasma Yellow etc. for all the USED connections? That will save me two hours on the phone with tech support! Ride safe, Smokier |
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10-07-2017, 10:08 AM | #13 |
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Connections
Brake & tail light BIKE ~ PLASMA ROD red ~ blue blue ~ red Turn signals (again not sure why blk & yellow should have been green wires on bike, but this is what worked). The turn sipignals are not color specific for each side, either label when you cut or just hook up to figure out. BIKE ~ PLASMA ROD blk & yellow ~ yellow blk & yellow ~ yellow Only wire left on Plasma Rod is Black which can be grounded anywhere. I found a close bolt on the frame. One other item to mention I blew about 3 ea 10A turn signal fuses in my wiring conundrum, no big deal but you might want to have a few spares on hand.
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10-07-2017, 11:20 AM | #14 |
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THANK YOU for the well detailed instructions. This looks like a great Winter project. I may Have Questions later.( OK...., Most likely will have questions later.) I Appreciate the time you took to write this up.
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10-07-2017, 04:09 PM | #15 |
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Will be happy to answer any questions that may arise on installation. I put on the 8" plasma rods
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