Light wiring

[scbmwrider]

Hi all;

Going to ad 2 different sets of lights to my 93 K75S.  I have a LIMITED amount of electrical experience.  I do know how to solder, splices need to be insulated and that things should be fused.


First will be a set of Flea Bay DRL's that I'm going to mount to the fork leg reflectors.  Running the wires will be simple but where to tap into the power is the question.  They are rated at 10W for the pair.  I want them on all of the time that the bike is running.  I hope to have these working soon and will post a report up in the Projeks section.

Second will be a set of 6 LED spot lights that I plan on buying a separate wiring harness for.  I will be hooking them up as a switched light so I will be tapping into the fuse box or could run them from the battery.
Working on a mounting point that may work for most K bikes but more on that later.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G620ZVU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks for tour insight.

[TimTyler]

If I were you (and I was about two years ago) I'd start by installing relays for your low and high beam headlights. There are pre-wired relay harnesses available (Eastern Beaver) or you could just make your own which is what I did. If you make your own, get a heavy duty H4 socket for the bulb. (Don't re-use the old one like I did - it will melt.)

Once you get that going you can splice in just about any number of aux lights into the wires you use to feed the headlight.

I have a pair of amber Rigid Dually's and some LED button lights wired into my low beam circuit, and a pair of white Rigid Dually's wired into the high beam circuit.

[scbmwrider]

Thanks Tim

I do already have said Eastern Beaver relay harness in place.  That said, I think that the low beam side is always on, even when the high beam is on correct?

And because the EB Relay kit is already fused I would not have to ad an inline fuse for the 10W DRL's.

Thanks for the reflectors....I think trhat they will work great....I do owe you a beer or so one day when we meet.

[johnny]

greetings scbmwrider...


its this motobrickers opinion that you want to run the power leads for your new lights to your battery or to your fuse box...


then trigger a relay off your eastern beaver low beam wire with a positap for the lights you wanna stay on all the time while the moto is running...


then trigger a relay off your eastern beaver high beam wire with a positap for the lights you wanna stay on while your high beam is switched on...

i wire a switch in there so i can keep them off if i want... butts not necessary if you dont wanna...

j o