BigMatt Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 when I first bought my vector computer I hooked it up to a 9volt battery whitch is great, because you dont relay on a running bike, but you need 12volts or more to activate all the screen LEDs, so with a single 9volt battery your backlite screen seems dim, my saloution 2 9volt batterys wired in series whitch gives you the same run time as a single 9volt but double the volts, at 18volts all rear screen LEDs light up nice and bright. I contacted trail tech support befor trying this and asked them what the max volts a trail tech computer can handle the awnser a whopping 400volts, so i went a head and hooked them up, I bought a plastic box from radio shack $4.00 and some 9volt connectors $3.00, mini switches$3.00, mounted the box on the backside of my overflow bottle mount, than I mounted all electroninc in it with sealent so its waterproof, because I also am running a complete LED underglow kit of the same 18volt pack, I left both on over night and they where still lite the next day. also do not use these cheap butt connectors after time they trap water, always solder and shrink tube. I have many photos of my set up on my photobucket http://s682.photobucket.com/albums/vv182/mattrentz_2009/Yamaha%20Banshee/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMatt Posted March 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 sorry for mis-spelling and grammar, I didn't see it till its to late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvbansheeboy Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 sorry for mis-spelling and grammar, I didn't see it till its to late. nice banshee big matt .. love the led set up .. where did u get your leds they look awesome.. better question how are u powering them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMatt Posted March 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 nice banshee big matt .. love the led set up .. where did u get your leds they look awesome.. better question how are u powering them? I got them off ebay, I power them off the same batteries my trail tech computer runs off, LED's draw very little power so I could run these all day on a single 9volt, I'm not a big fan of powering anything off the stator because the banshee electrical system is noisy enough. but by wiring a single 9volt in series with another you can get 18volts whitch will give you the same run time as a single 9volt just alot brighter. You have to make sure your LED's can handle that voltage though. here is a link to help you better understand series and parallel circuits http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr151/zakkwyldefan79/EMG%252018v%2520Mod/EMG18VoltMod3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php%3Ft%3D941907&usg=___vXBfrjvSdauGhTSEK4CcgkDaGY=&h=540&w=720&sz=33&hl=en&start=26&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=BfNXbanyLL3W0M:&tbnh=105&tbnw=140&prev=/images%3Fq%3D9%2Bvolt%2Bbattery%2Bin%2Bseries%26start%3D21%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMatt Posted March 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 here is where I got them from there waterproof and unlike neon hold up very well to vibraitions and shock and use very little power, just dont use the connection terminals he supplys I found them to be cheap its better to hard wire them together. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400081155055&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMatt Posted March 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 oh by the way I ran 5 LED pods 1 in the rear another over the carbs with a custom mount I made, 1 more by the coil and 2 in the grill, the ones in the grill have a quick disconnect for when I take the grill on and off, I can snap photos for you if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD1026 Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 is it possible to run these lights off the stator?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMatt Posted March 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 is it possible to run these lights off the stator?????? yes... but you would have to run them of something regulated like the tail light, but before you do take a multimeter and check the amps and the volts out of the leed you wanna tap out of, make sure while you test it someone rev's up the bike, because I'm not sure of the out put on the stock stator threw the tail light. always test one LED before you go ahead and hook them all up, Why wouldn't you want to use the battery? it will be brighter with the two 9v than stator, And it last a really long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopczynski Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Matt, for about $40 you can get a battery thats the size of about five 9volts and its a 12volt battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopczynski Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 battery link another one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMatt Posted March 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 battery link another one those are pretty cool, never seen em before, i'll have to try those thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMatt Posted March 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 i'll have to look for a plastic battery box to fit those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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