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I am looking at adding XK Glow Highway Bar Lights to my 2017 Heritage. I will be tapping into the HD signal lights as these are driving/ signal lights. I am told I have a CAM BUS system... Is this going to be a problem and causes codes ?? Thanks in advance. Ride Safe JIM
There is likely (there is on my 16 Heritage) a Deutsch connector under the seat.
Harley makes a splitter for it so you can tap into that circuit. Just pull the plug, stick the splitter in to re-connect their circuit and you have a tap off it. Can't remember if it's raw wires you get or if it's also a Deutsch connector. Making your own (male/female?) version of a connector to tap into it, and then to your LED power is quite easy. No special tools, just get the male or female flavor, wire the pins, stick ''em in the housing, reassemble. On my 2016, I know what three of the wires do. You have a 12v constant, about a 3.5v constant (don't understand that one...) and a 12v switched. I suspect one is also a ground. The others I don't know. I'm sure someone has a map about it.
As far as just power, There will be no problem from the battery or from the acc plug... I need to tap into the signals to get the turning orange light and then back to solid white.
Interesting you said turn signals. When you said LED's, I assume you meant LED strips. Mine have only support for a brake trigger. If I hit the brakes, whether the lights are already on or not, they light up (or change) to red, and back to either off or whatever color they were on when I let off. If you have a turn signal feature on your LED strips (again, assuming), then you must have zones on the LED controller. Therefore it's a more expensive system!
It's possible that Deutsch connector has other features in it. It's a 6-pin, if I remember correctly, and that's certainly enough for left, right, power, ground, switched power and brake. However, since I mentioned that I also found a low-level constant, one of those might be missing!
Telling you, though, if you have to do any maintenance on your bike, hard-wired (soldered, crimps, etc.) wires are a pain. You have to dismantle them, and try to remember where they go back. Assuming YOU are doing the work. Making a connector, though, boom, it can be disconnected and reconnected by anyone. I have some serious wiring I've done on my bike, and it's all in an electrical box in my saddelbag. But if the saddelbag has to come off for wheel, chain work, whatever, I build in a big ol' connector (for most of it) that lets a tech just disconnect it. (I do love the gadgets and most definitely tend to over engineer.)
Adding LED lights/ CAM BUS problems ??
