Javier, What brand are those mirrors. I've been thinking about doing the same thing myself but couldn't find a decent set of integrated mirrors.
-Kyle On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > Joey, > thanks, you are totally right. What causes the dimming of lights > (incandescent bulbs), or the non working of some of the LEDs is the drop in > voltage (now that I think about it, makes perfect sense). My plan is to go > completely with LEDs, for all turn signals, brake lights, etc. However, and > in the meanwhile, would a capacitor solve the problem of the drop in the > voltage? > Believe or not, I hate the Big Bag Theory tv show ;) > > Thanks a lot for the info. > Javier. > > > On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Javier, >> LEDs are extremely sensitive to voltage compared to normal >> light bulbs. Normal light bulbs will simply be dimmer under less >> voltage. LEDs may simply not light at all. >> LEDs require very little current - so unless they are >> equipped with a resistor that adds additional load, the load on the >> charging system shouldn't have increased that much. >> To prove that its the voltage being put out by the charging >> system do this: >> Take a voltmeter - preferably digital - and measure the >> starting voltage of the battery. >> Fire the bike up. Take note of the voltage of the battery >> with the bike idling. It shouldn't be remarkably different from the >> pre-starting voltage. >> Hold the throttle open so the engine revs up to approximately >> 2,000 RPM and hold there. Measure the voltage again. You should see an >> increase of a couple volts. >> Now - release the throttle. Turn on the blinkers - you'll see >> that the voltage drops as the lights turn on each time. >> Open the throttle back up to hold at 2,000 RPM and measure >> the voltage with the blinkers on. You should see that although their >> might be a variance between lights on and off, the difference should >> be much smaller than the engine idling. >> This simply means that the charging system is providing >> electricity to the electrical system on the bike instead of drawing it >> from the battery. With the throttle open, you should see all the LEDs >> blinking. >> The only 'cure' for this is to reduce the load on the >> electrical system so the voltage drop from the blinkers turning on is >> lower. This is one of the advantages of an all LED system - but you >> must replace the flasher unit at the same time, otherwise they will >> fail to blink because the existing system is load based. No / less >> load, no blinking. >> Hope that helps! >> -Joey >> (Not a physicist - but I watch the Big Bang Theory :-)) >> >> On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi Joey, >> > I can see them blinking at the same rate as the standard turn signals. >> > However, one odd thing did happened. At the beginning not all the led's >> in >> > the mirror illuminate, only about half of the line went on. When I turn >> on >> > the engine and let it rev for few seconds all the leds in both mirrors >> came >> > on. So I am a bit worry about the load on the system. I am ashame to >> admit >> > that I am physicist that knows about electromagnetic theory but I have >> no >> > idea how to apply it. I will try to make a short video of the thing >> > tomorrow. >> > >> > Javier. >> > >> > On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Javier, >> >> Very nice - please advise how the additional turn signals >> >> affect the blink rate and such. >> >> -Joey >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Dear all, >> >> > I decided to spend my day giving a good deep cleaning to the bike and >> to >> >> > install a new set of mirrors I got. I figured out it was a good >> >> > opportunity >> >> > to take pictures of the 750, since she is not this clean that often >> (I >> >> > uploaded them in the group page). The new mirrors come with leds for >> the >> >> > turn signals. I hook them up and they seem to work pretty good, >> although >> >> > I >> >> > have to try them for a bit longer. I'd love to read your comments. I >> >> > hope >> >> > everyone had a great 4th of July. >> >> > >> >> > Cheers, >> >> > Javier. >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> > Groups >> >> > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> >> > To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >> > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> -Joey Kelley >> >> Need Computer Technical support? >> >> http://www.crossloop.com/JoeyKelleyComputerServices >> >> At your service - via remote control! >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> . >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> -Joey Kelley >> Need Computer Technical support? >> http://www.crossloop.com/JoeyKelleyComputerServices >> At your service - via remote control! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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