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Title: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by corey v84 on 04/30/15 at 13:15:59 ok so I found some tail lights in wanting to put on my bike, but there 2 wire..I know one wire is tail and other stop. I the other wire on the savage harness a ground? If so should I just snip it back and tape it back to the harness? The tail lights I'm getting grond to whatever I mount them too |
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Title: Re: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by Ed L. on 04/30/15 at 13:23:44 I think the Savage has a dedicated ground wire for the rear turn signals and you really need to use it and not a chassis ground to the fender. Not really sure, it's been a while since I worked on the rear lights on my bike but I remember something threw a monkey wrench into wiring the new lights in. |
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Title: Re: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by corey v84 on 04/30/15 at 13:28:35 It's gonna be for a tail light/ brake light not turn signals |
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Title: Re: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by Gary_in_NJ on 04/30/15 at 13:33:04 444855425E511F13270 wrote:
I believe that the 2-wire tail lights are just that, tail lights. They don't have a stop (brake) light. |
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Title: Re: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by verslagen1 on 04/30/15 at 13:33:37 1C3D061577590 wrote:
Frame is also a ground but not as reliable thru all the components. |
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Title: Re: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by corey v84 on 04/30/15 at 13:40:29 676D69636861656C323430000 wrote:
I believe that the 2-wire tail lights are just that, tail lights. They don't have a stop (brake) light.[/quote] No there dual filament bulbs, tail and stop |
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Title: Re: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by Serowbot on 04/30/15 at 13:42:41 Connect the ground wire to the socket base... |
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Title: Re: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by old_rider on 04/30/15 at 20:46:36 Ground wire to the base of the light, hopefully the base is metal. If the base of the light is plastic, you will have to ground it to the bottom of the socket somewhere. Check to see if there is a metal strip going to one of the mount bolts, if so, that is your ground point. |
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Title: Re: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by Steve H on 05/01/15 at 02:43:48 Spelling nazi: If we use the correct words in the correct context, it promotes understanding. there: a point or place, a way of calling attention to someone or something their: belongs to them they're: contraction for they are Sorry...I'm off my soapbox now. Carry on. |
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Title: Re: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/01/15 at 08:33:13 Thanks Steve. I agree. And, I tend to be more ready to disagree with those who don't know what word to use. I don't call that spelling. A spelling mistake is speling. The wrong word is a different matter. There are many ways to make sure they're choosing their words correctly.. |
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Title: Re: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by Dave on 05/01/15 at 09:10:38 Brake......and break are also words that seem to be used improperly on this site more often than you would expect - but we do have members who are using English that may be a second or third language for them - so we do have to consider that possibility. Brake shoes, brake lever, brake pads, brake light....etc. Break my heart, break the bank, spring break, break in the weather...etc. |
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Title: Re: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/01/15 at 15:47:43 Nobody is wagging a finger at the English is a second language crowd. Now that you mention it, it's been a while since some of our truly Global friends have been around.. Wonder how they are doing.. |
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Title: Re: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by WD on 05/02/15 at 09:30:15 If your replacement unit is dim or not working, run a ground wire to the back of one of the mounting studs. The bulb socket grounds via those anyway. I use a tombstone taillight, did not run a separate ground wire, and it is as bright, or brighter, than the stock light. And the factory rear signals can safely be replaced with one wire bullet lights. The new units ground through the fender. http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y490/mphsgal/Jeffs%20pix/Sam/f4e723a2-3498-4570-a862-3e02bd606def_zps2sliglbz.jpg |
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Title: Re: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by corey v84 on 06/02/15 at 13:09:10 So I finally got around to putting my tail lights on, hook everything up like its supposed to be..tail light comes on, but when I press the brake it blows the fuse for my lights..now the light grounds though the body and I ran the ground wire off the harness to the light and it still blows the fuse |
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Title: Re: 3 wire to 2 wire tail light Post by Dave on 06/02/15 at 13:41:05 Do you have any proof that this is actually a tail/brake light? You need to confirm that the 2 wires go to the base of the bulb and that neither one of them is a ground wire. You said the bulbs were dual filament - but what does the socket look like? Does it have two metal contacts at the base....or just one? |
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