I was installing them today and blew 2 of the 10a fuses. My bike came with an integrated tail-light so I'm not completely sure how that was wired up. What I do know is that I wired the flushmounts up so they would act as running lights and directionals. I wired a diode on the running light wire and on the directional light wire. This same set up worked on my brothers bike fine with stock rears. I wired up one side temporarily for a test run and everything worked great. However when I wired up both sides thats when the fuses blew. Is the because of the integrated tail-light? Any Suggestions?

 

Are they LED lights?? If you wired the Runnin light on the bike just to the positive wire (meang you bike has 3 wires and your lights have 2) that can cause a problem

 

Here is a diagram of what i did

 

I cant see the whole picture, but it looks likt you connected the positive for the turn and the running light wire to the positive to the LED Turn, and that can cause an overload. Usually you have to put some resistors or module to allow that, atleast that is what I have seen. I just ground my running light wire, and use it only for turn

 

here is a better pic

 

I will check into this and see if there is a proper way of doing this, I'm an electronic tech and work with smart electronic techs so they may have a proper way of doing this. May take me a day or two to get with them. But from what you're doing with the diodes, I don't see how it really helps. You still have 2 12v leads crossed after the diodes and diodes only prevent the backflow of current. I know you said you made this work in the past, but just thinking out loud... maybe the wiring was a thicker and the fuses were higher amps and slower blow? I'll get back to you on this, if not PM me and remind me.

 

awesome man!!! I'll be waiting to hear from you. Thanks

 

What are the diodes for? Since this is a DC circuit, there isn't any negative voltage to worry about about. I don't think the diodes are causing the problem, but I just don't see any need for them. The LED is also a diode by itself. Also, blown fuses = short circuit so make sure that any spliced wires are properly insulated. Your bike previously had a bulb and you replaced it with a LED right? If this is the case, check the resistance of the LED and the resistance of the bulb. If the resistance of the LED is lower, then the circuit will draw more current. This could cause the fuse to blow if the amount of current bieng drawn is larger than the fuse.

 

I explained how to do it to him in a PM. Diodes are not the answer here. I can use a 12v relay from work and make it work. I'll do a write up and see if I can add pictures later tonight.

 

I've looked through google and I'm not finding the type of relays we need, or should I say, I want to use. I've found some that will work for around $10 each ( you need two). I'm going to check with work and see if I can buy some through my office. I don't go there much so it may be a few days. When I get the relays, I'll tear mine down and do a pictuer how-to write up for all to see. It really is simple to do, just finding the right relays is hard.