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Brake Light/ Running Light ??
10/09/12 at 07:43:22
got a aftermarket taillight but it only has two wires, and the savage wiring diagram has 3 wires... i can get it to work as a brake light but i need it to work as a taillight too, how do i do this?
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10/09/12 at 08:37:59
Is it a single bulb?... one filament, or two?...
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10/09/12 at 08:38:22
chad levert wrote
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got a aftermarket taillight but it only has two wires, and the savage wiring diagram has 3 wires... i can get it to work as a brake light but i need it to work as a taillight too, how do i do this?
You're screwed. The taillight you bought only has one filament in it,.. the bulb does, anyway. it is either on or off. The Savage taillight unit has a bulb with two filaments, a bright for stop and a medium for taillight. The three wires are for ground, stop, and taillight.
Either get another aftermarket taillight unit with a dual filament bulb, or take out the socket in your new taillight and replace it with a socket for a dual filament bulb.
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10/09/12 at 08:44:57
sorry for wasting your time. it was a used light, i just took the cover off to check out the bulb and one of the filaments is burnt up. easy fix
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chad levert wrote
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sorry for wasting your time. it was a used light, i just took the cover off to check out the bulb and one of the filaments is burnt up. easy fix
Is it a two-filament bulb in a two filament socket? If so, why does it not have three wires? Is there no ground wire? If not, that means the ground would be through the metal in the light casing itself. You'll have to make a genuine effort to make sure it is all grounded properly.
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10/09/12 at 10:18:56
1 bulb, 2 filaments
its in a metal case that i welded to a metal license plate bracket that is also welded to the frame... that would be alright i think?
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10/09/12 at 10:28:55
you should be fine with that mount. I had a ground-through-the-frame taillight would work bolted to the rear fender. I moved it to the swingarm and had to run a ground wire that was just sandwiched between the mount and light and ran to a ground wire.
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10/09/12 at 12:07:59
I usually always add the 3rd wire to make sure I have a ground. Things shake around so much that grounding components to the frame leaves so much room for vibrations to screw up grounds. Personal preference I guess.
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Johnny57 wrote
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I usually always add the 3rd wire to make sure I have a ground. Things shake around so much that grounding components to the frame leaves so much room for vibrations to screw up grounds. Personal preference I guess.
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10/09/12 at 13:59:34
My aftermarket lights that are metal housing only have 2 wires.They are internally grounded.Plastic housings have 3 wires.
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My aftermarket lights that are metal housing only have 2 wires.They are internally grounded.Plastic housings have 3 wires.
This is fine as long as the ground stays intact. Johnny57 brings up a good point about that.
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10/09/12 at 19:26:35
Johnny57 wrote
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I usually always add the 3rd wire to make sure I have a ground. Things shake around so much that grounding components to the frame leaves so much room for vibrations to screw up grounds. Personal preference I guess.
Im absolutely sure you probably usually always do that..
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Im absolutely sure you probably usually always do that..
What?
I'm totally 100% without a doubt positive that this is maybe true.
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10/09/12 at 19:38:47
Thats a pet peeve of mine,, I Hafta say somethin,,
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10/10/12 at 06:15:55
Similar to another pet peeve of mine,.. "save up to 50% or more"
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