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Old Apr 7, 2012 | 10:53 AM
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I'm wiring in a LED license plate light into my 95 sportster 1200. it doesn't work. What do I need to make it work?
 
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Old Apr 7, 2012 | 11:01 AM
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Need a little more detail than it doesn't work. Use a test light and make sure you have power to it first. Is the wiring hooked correctly? Etc
 
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Old Apr 7, 2012 | 11:42 AM
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Everything on the bike works. The LED unit is sealed so I can't really hook a test light to the light itself. I tried hooking it up to the running lights, but no go. I see my bike has an accessories fuse, how do I hook into that?
 
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Old Apr 7, 2012 | 11:55 AM
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The plate light works. I touched the ends to the battery and it lit up. So where on a 95 sportster can I hook it up?
 
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Wrap the active wire around the 15a accessory fuse, and the ground to the ground bolt above the primary.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2012 | 01:20 PM
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thanks
 
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