Gene, You say that connecting the hot-side supply wire for the running lights directly to ground should not have any ill effects? Effectively that would be creating a "short" condition, battery voltage directly to ground with only the resistance of the switch and the wires; that's a bad thing.
Now, letting the third wire -on the turn signal itself- dangle free, that wouldn't cause a problem at all. Letting the supply wire from the bike dangle free, though; that's a recipe for blown fuses, at a minimum. -Kurt On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Hanghank <[email protected]> wrote: > Kurt, > > I disagree. Assuming you have the correct ground/common wire on the bulb > connected to ground on the bike, what you do – or don’t do – with the third > wire is incidental. Fasten it to a ground if you wish, it doesn’t matter. > Put a band aid on it, dip it in vodka, etc. etc.. You could even hook up > both “hot” wires together, and have them on at the same time, but brighter! > > Gene > > > *From:* Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, February 23, 2013 1:12 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] > > The third wire is the wire for the "always on" running lights. I've been > hunting for LED 3-wire lights for quite some time, nobody seems interested > in making them. As long as you have that wire end tied off somewhere that > it can't come in contact with a ground, you'll be fine. Tape up the end, > tie it back securely, and run with two-wire lights. > > -Kurt > > PS: There IS a way to make two-wire lights function as three-wire lights, > but it involves splicing power diodes into your lines, which takes a bit of > doing and some careful component selection and in most cases isn't really > worth it, in my opinion. > > > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Greg Holuban <[email protected]> wrote: > >> all the LEDs that I see only have two wires . >> >> >> *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID* >> >> >> Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You are trying to install rear led signals on the front. Yes a solid >> state relay is the best fix for blink rate. Turn signal indicator will >> still work as is. >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *Greg Holuban <[email protected]> >> *Sender: *[email protected] >> *Date: *Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:52:14 -0500 >> *To: *nighthawk_lovers<[email protected]> >> *ReplyTo: *[email protected] >> *Subject: *[Nighthawk Lovers] >> >> Could anyone help me out a little bit about changing to led turn >> signals? I am wondering what to do with the third wire on the front signals >> since the leds come with only two. Also, what is the best way to control >> the flashing? Can a simple led relay fix the problem, or do I need a >> regulator? 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