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Old 10-23-2015, 09:02 PM   #1
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question for electrical gurus

Just purchased and installed the admore lighting kit, tail/brake/turn function. The problem I have is that despite wiring as per the instructions I have the following issue,

Brake light works, get bright when brake applied, good
running lights work fine. good
turn signals work when turned on, amber light, good


the issue is that when I use the turn signal and apply the brake, the turn signal goes bright amber and remains on, when I release the brake, it resumes flashing on low intensity as it should.

I have no idea what the issue is as the wires are connected as they should be. Any thoughts as to what the problem could be?
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Old 10-24-2015, 06:02 AM   #2
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I'm not familiar with the one you have (mine is the Kuryakyn version), but my first thought was............. Is the bike running when you check it? For what ever reason, when we install something like this, it doesn't function correctly unless the bike is running.
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Old 10-24-2015, 06:06 AM   #3
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Mike,,, have you tried to connect a load equalizer on the signal light wire,,, it not I have load resistors here u might wanna try
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Mike,,, have you tried to connect a load equalizer on the signal light wire,,, it not I have load resistors here u might wanna try
I don't think that is the issue but I am willing to try it, The lights work especially the turn signals so they are working fine except when I apply the brake.
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Old 10-24-2015, 01:39 PM   #5
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so I disconnected the turn signal wires and the running light is okay and the brake light functions as it should, only seems to be when I hook the turn signals and doesn't seem to make any difference where I connect to, I have connected to the back turn signals, to the connector under the seat and still the same issue, so I am thinking that Luc may be right and for these particular lights I may need to put the equalizer in there to add some load.
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Old 10-24-2015, 03:15 PM   #6
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Contact Admore you may have a bad unit.
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Old 10-24-2015, 06:21 PM   #7
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I did email them and of course it being Canada, have to wait until Monday to get an answer. Might take a short video tomorrow and send it to them as well.
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Old 10-24-2015, 09:40 PM   #8
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It's not bad/defective unit and you wired it wrong I believe and have the brake light wired into the turn signals.


FYI about LED lights and flasher relays.
  • LED's do not create a big enough load on flasher relay and you need to get an aftermarket flasher relay that will work with < power draw LED's
  • Do not use a load resistors - while it will work it is counter productive. I have made my own in the past as they are simply ceramic resistors and they get HOT.
  • Temp fix is to run both sets of lights to create a big enough load to trip the relay

Something like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/221789573568...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

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