bar install done. im very pleased
Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2018
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From: Moneta, Virginia
You can buy cheapo wire wound resistors from China off the net... usually $2-3 bucks each.
before someone bust my chops for buying Chinese, these are resistors, very old technology... no money in them, let the Chinese make em!
I usually keep a few 3 ohm and 6 ohm 100 watt wire wound resistors laying around... they work wether replacing one, two, or three (dont forget the dash panel) bulbs. 6 ohm works well for the tail light.
The simplest explanation:
a dead short = 0 ohms
2- 6 ohm resistors wired in series = 12 ohm
2- 6 ohm resistors wired in Parallel = 3 ohm
Turn signal lamps are all wired in parallel configuration, usually about 12 ohms each.
12 + 12 + 12 = 3 ohms
before someone bust my chops for buying Chinese, these are resistors, very old technology... no money in them, let the Chinese make em!
I usually keep a few 3 ohm and 6 ohm 100 watt wire wound resistors laying around... they work wether replacing one, two, or three (dont forget the dash panel) bulbs. 6 ohm works well for the tail light.
The simplest explanation:
a dead short = 0 ohms
2- 6 ohm resistors wired in series = 12 ohm
2- 6 ohm resistors wired in Parallel = 3 ohm
Turn signal lamps are all wired in parallel configuration, usually about 12 ohms each.
12 + 12 + 12 = 3 ohms
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Tourer
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From: phila
Yeah electrical i dont know my *** from a hole in the ground. Lol.
and it looks so much cleaner without front turns
Was going to get black housings and mount them to the front frame below the rockers boxes. But. Probably look weird
and it looks so much cleaner without front turns
Was going to get black housings and mount them to the front frame below the rockers boxes. But. Probably look weird
Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2018
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From: Moneta, Virginia
Its not what Id use... do a search for 6 ohm, 50 watt wire wound resistors. One side to the + of the turn signal the other side to ground.
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From: phila
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Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 1,347
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From: Moneta, Virginia
You can find them with wire leads already soildered on and covered with heat shrink on the terminals. Might make your install a little easier, if you dont have heat shrink and a soldering iron on hand.
