LED issue ... need help/advise
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LED issue ... need help/advise
I installed a Badlands Plug-In Illuminator ILL-01-A, and replaced my rear stock clear 1156 bulbs with Radiantz 48 red LED 1156 clusters LED-DR56, problem is only one side will light up, I am unable to get both sides to work? both clusters work fine,
keep in mind when I got the bike it was set up for rear BRAKE/TURN only, NO RUN and I would like to keep it that way if possible?
the Badlands Illuminator ILL-01-A works fine (run/brake/turn) when I put my stock 1156 clears back in, and when I put my original BRAKE/TURN only module back in they(stock 1156 clear bulbs) work fine also with
The problem I'm having is when I put the both red 48 LED 1156 clusters in only one side will light up with either module, and like I mentioned when I put the stock clear 1156's back in, all(both sides-left/right) work fine as intended with both modules?
would like to use the LEDs cuz I'm using smoked lens
I'm no electrician & I'm stymied,..
keep in mind when I got the bike it was set up for rear BRAKE/TURN only, NO RUN and I would like to keep it that way if possible?
the Badlands Illuminator ILL-01-A works fine (run/brake/turn) when I put my stock 1156 clears back in, and when I put my original BRAKE/TURN only module back in they(stock 1156 clear bulbs) work fine also with
The problem I'm having is when I put the both red 48 LED 1156 clusters in only one side will light up with either module, and like I mentioned when I put the stock clear 1156's back in, all(both sides-left/right) work fine as intended with both modules?
would like to use the LEDs cuz I'm using smoked lens
I'm no electrician & I'm stymied,..
have you tried it with the wires around the other way i know when I changed to LED lights I wasted a lot of time and effort because I had th power going the wrong way through the setup once I swapped the wires around it worked fine, also check you didnt blow a fuse during install,
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have you tried it with the wires around the other way i know when I changed to LED lights I wasted a lot of time and effort because I had th power going the wrong way through the setup once I swapped the wires around it worked fine, also check you didnt blow a fuse during install,
but both sides work fine when I put the stock 1156's back in, ??, I'll check the fuses again though.
thanks
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but when I put both the 1156 incandescent bulbs back in both sides work fine.... errrrrr.
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Have you tried swapping the LEDs left to right to see if the problem follows the bulb? As stated above...LEDs need to be wired correctly to work. Incandescent bulbs dont care.
If the problem does not follow the bulb, then there could be something wrong with the load balance unit.
If the problem does not follow the bulb, then there could be something wrong with the load balance unit.
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sounds like a ground problem bro... , and make sure the little contact in the housing where the bottom of the bulb is not loose causing it to miss the contact
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I had a somewhat similar problem with the installation of LED passing lamps. I learned that LED lights have to be wired correctly. You have to make sure that the positive wires on the bike match up to the positive leads on your LED lights. With standard lights it doesn't matter. On my bike, one bike plug had the positive and negative wires switched. The LED light didn't work. Some smarter and wiser forum mbrs told me to check the bike wires to make sure that positive wires on the bike were going to positive wires on the LED bike plug. Once I reversed the pins on the plug I was having trouble with, my LED light worked.
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