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Posted: 21:08 - 06 Dec 2017 Post subject: Wiring lights into a top box. |
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I'm thinking about fitting lights to my top box. It's a Givi V46, I know they do a brake light kit, but it's not that I'm after. I'm thinking something like this:
https://youtu.be/kNuLyxDf5Ms
I'm thinking coloured LED strips, anyone got any recommendations?
What sort of connector can I use, needs to be waterproof and easy to plug and unplug?
Something like a trailer socket would be good, but much smaller.
Needs to have 5 pins (earth, tail, brake, left, right). ____________________ '07 Honda CBF500 / '93 Vauxhall Astra (www.fb.com/2wdOffRoader) / '04 Vauxhall Movano
Projects: '81 Honda CX500 x2 / '85 Land Rover One-Ten / ...plus many horticultural things.
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Posted: 21:50 - 06 Dec 2017 Post subject: |
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I'm unsure how well those would hold up. When I've had to keep unplugging those in cars, they end up getting broken... ____________________ '07 Honda CBF500 / '93 Vauxhall Astra (www.fb.com/2wdOffRoader) / '04 Vauxhall Movano
Projects: '81 Honda CX500 x2 / '85 Land Rover One-Ten / ...plus many horticultural things.
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Posted: 21:57 - 06 Dec 2017 Post subject: |
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Posted: 22:02 - 06 Dec 2017 Post subject: |
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That looks likely! Do you know the name of that type of plug? ____________________ '07 Honda CBF500 / '93 Vauxhall Astra (www.fb.com/2wdOffRoader) / '04 Vauxhall Movano
Projects: '81 Honda CX500 x2 / '85 Land Rover One-Ten / ...plus many horticultural things.
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Just realised you had linked to them above your photos. I was too busy staring at the pretty pictures to notice! ____________________ '07 Honda CBF500 / '93 Vauxhall Astra (www.fb.com/2wdOffRoader) / '04 Vauxhall Movano
Projects: '81 Honda CX500 x2 / '85 Land Rover One-Ten / ...plus many horticultural things.
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Posted: 22:48 - 06 Dec 2017 Post subject: |
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jakebrownbass wrote: | Installed some lights into the top box. (Not technically today but over the weekend and finished off this evening)
1. Started things off easy with a couple of resistors & a diode on to some board. Added some tails to either end, then heat shrunk it all over.
https://cdn.img.versys.co.uk/IMG_7546.jpg
2. Spliced into the rear cluster, soldered & heat shrinked (no picture)
3. Time to start cutting, soldering & sealing with a glue gun on all the strips.
https://cdn.img.versys.co.uk/IMG_7576.jpg
4. Testing each one as i go.
https://cdn.img.versys.co.uk/IMG_7577.jpg
5. All done, heatshrinked the ends & ready to go.
https://cdn.img.versys.co.uk/IMG_7581.jpg
6. One side on.
https://cdn.img.versys.co.uk/IMG_7582.jpg
7. Second side done, wires wrapped, holes drilled & threaded through.
https://cdn.img.versys.co.uk/IMG_7583.jpg
8. Internal wires twisted, soldered and screwed into a temporary block for now until i decided how to finish it off as neat as possible.
https://cdn.img.versys.co.uk/IMG_7584.jpg
9. Neutrik XLR connecter wire up on to the tail, with a chassis mount connector mounted to the base of the top box via rivets & sealant. Means its a quick plug & play when taking the box on & off.
https://cdn.img.versys.co.uk/IMG_7587.jpg
10. And we're all done.
https://cdn.img.versys.co.uk/IMG_7586.jpg
Still to do......
One of the rows is out on the LHS, not sure when it happened because i tested each strip at every stage, will investigate further when i finish off the inside to a happy standard. |
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Posted: 22:53 - 06 Dec 2017 Post subject: |
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That's looking good! Where did you get the LEDs, and would you say they are a good brightness? (Always hard to tell in photos) ____________________ '07 Honda CBF500 / '93 Vauxhall Astra (www.fb.com/2wdOffRoader) / '04 Vauxhall Movano
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Posted: 15:24 - 07 Dec 2017 Post subject: |
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i made my own on my old topbox, wired to brake light using a contact switch and contact terminals.
was ite.
used blue wire for testing coz pikey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxmunEUJ25o
i also made skywaterfriend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyGQazXv6gU
donate to my crowdfunding for never release ____________________ Fin: no matter how much I look at It I can't understand what was going through my head, all I remember is going about 80 and redlining it to stop it seizing.
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