Led Indicators Help

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  1. AndyGuy

    AndyGuy Member

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    #1 AndyGuy, Nov 28, 2020
    Help and advice please
    I have 2010 street triple and just putting a tail tidy on, and decided to change the stock indicators.
    I purchased some from eBay with built in resistor.
    I tried them direct to battery and they work fine
    Connect them up and nothing
    Tried old stock ones back on and they work fine
    Tried led ones again and nothing not a flicker yet put direct to battery and work fine.

    Any advice what I am doing wrong ?
    Thanks
     
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    #2 Ducatitotriumph, Nov 28, 2020
    Try reversing the wires?
    Led indicators need pos and neg to be correct where normal lamps don't.
    Possibly wired up wrong (as some fleabay spesh's are) so worth a go.
     
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    #3 AndyGuy, Nov 28, 2020
    yeh I did try that also ...., it’s like if they are not getting enough power
    But power is there as old ones work if I try them ......
     
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    #4 Ducatitotriumph, Nov 28, 2020
    Long shot but try to unplug the front ones and then test the rear new indicators?
     
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    #5 AndyGuy, Nov 28, 2020
    Will try shortly and update thanks for some advice
     
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    #6 AndyGuy, Nov 28, 2020

    Unplug front ones

    rear ones come on slightly not fully just very weak
    Attached front led then it makes them both go off
    Take back led off
    Front led comes on so so weak

    so can’t have both on and even if one it’s very very weak

    seems like lack of power / load

    Any ideas now ?
     
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    #7 Ducatitotriumph, Nov 28, 2020
    Go in straight lines????;):)
    Try it with the bike running?
     
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    #8 AndyGuy, Nov 28, 2020
    :joy::joy::joy:
    Will have to try the start up in the morning ..... ball and chain will kill me now ha
     
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    #9 TEZ 217, Nov 28, 2020
    Electrickery is a strange thing , My Tbird has led rear lights and is wired for a tow bar and trailer, I changed the old trailer rear lights out which were bulbs to led as I know they would draw less power, like you wouldnt work or to be honest they were barely on my mate gave me two old resistors from old circuit boards he keeps and told me to wire in line on the positive cable, piff paff poof and all was fine.
    Strange shit this sparky thing
     
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    #10 AndyGuy, Nov 28, 2020

    The ones I purchased off flee bay are supposed to have them in but..... these cheap things may not ...... these are the buggers below

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313165780911
     
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    #11 AndyGuy, Nov 28, 2020
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    #12 AndyGuy, Nov 28, 2020

    Have a butchers at these..... before you say yes am a cheap date

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    #13 Ducatitotriumph, Nov 28, 2020
    If those are the ones that you have, I’ve heard that the sequential ones don’t work well on triumphs?
    If it’s directly on the battery, ecu’s are not involved. If it’s on the bike, then the bike is in charge of what the indicators do.
    I have a speed rs and even the official triumph sequential ones don’t work well which is why I won’t have any.
    Not made my mind up if you are a cheapskate yet....;);)
     
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    #14 AndyGuy, Nov 28, 2020

    Yes they are the ones I have
    And yes direct to battery they work fine but wired in there getting no power

    is it the indicators then ? Am I wasting my time with them ?
     
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    #15 TEZ 217, Nov 28, 2020
    Not if you change your bike and its make :cool::cool:
     
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    #16 Pegscraper, Nov 29, 2020
    Have you measured the resistance of the new indicators? A 21w standard bulb is typically around 7ohms so the LED's with resistors should be the same. If they're much higher the flasher relay/ecu might see an open circuit.
     
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    #17 AndyGuy, Nov 29, 2020


    no I haven’t measured them, but I thought even though they say they have built in resistors I was going to order led flasher unit to see if that resolved it ??
     
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    #18 AndyGuy, Dec 3, 2020

    Just to let you know
    Them cheap indicators of cheese bay that were supposed to have built in resistors ( I thought save me other work )

    anyways purchased an led relay off eBay for about 7 squid

    plugged in

    now cheap led indicators work like the bomb

    thanks for your help and hopefully this may help someone else also
     
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    #19 TEZ 217, Dec 3, 2020
    Well done Andy I'm sure sharing that will help others that buy them,
    As for working like a bomb, what makes you think they'll gan BANG :D:D:p
     
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  20. AndyGuy

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    #20 AndyGuy, Dec 4, 2020

    The 4 sequential indicators were 7 pound delivered

    They have to pop at some point ha ha
     
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