tomito Posted May 13, 2014 Report Posted May 13, 2014 Hello everybody, I'm new on the forum. I want to install this LED lights on my banshee http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G620ZVU/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I read how to float the ground on this site but I don't want to use a battery, do I have to use a rectifier? What I do with the floated ground? How do I connect the new lights? Thank you in advance Tom Quote
03DMshee Posted May 13, 2014 Report Posted May 13, 2014 For 18 watts each I would run them off of factory stater setup.... Quote
tomito Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Posted May 13, 2014 For 18 watts each I would run them off of factory stater setup.... Well that is the plan, I just want to do the DC conversion but I don't know how to do the connections, I understand that I have to solder another wire on the stator, but what I have to do with that wire after that, connect it directly to the lights? Will I still be using the stock lights switch? Tom Quote
03DMshee Posted May 13, 2014 Report Posted May 13, 2014 Theres no reason to do DC conversion with those lights...they do not pull enough watts to hurt anything. ..and the only reason to go DC is to run a battery and not have dimming...I would wire the lights right up to the factory wires using the factory switch... Quote
tomito Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Posted May 13, 2014 Theres no reason to do DC conversion with those lights...they do not pull enough watts to hurt anything. ..and the only reason to go DC is to run a battery and not have dimming...I would wire the lights right up to the factory wires using the factory switch... I tought that the AC current was bad for the LED lights, that would not last. Quote
NYUK Posted May 13, 2014 Report Posted May 13, 2014 http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b394/NetBSD/viewer.png~original Quote
tomito Posted May 14, 2014 Author Report Posted May 14, 2014 http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b394/NetBSD/viewer.png~original I already have that PDF, what I don't know is what I have to do after installing the ground... Do I connect it directly to the negative (-) side of the lights and the other wire from the stock lights on the (+) side? Quote
Atomic Monkey Posted May 14, 2014 Report Posted May 14, 2014 I run an LED taillight off the a\c circuit no problem. If you change to d\c you'll have to isolate all the circuits (run seperate grounds), add the rectifier and a buffer such as a capacitor or battery to absorb surges. D\C will cut you wattage a bit because some of it gets burned off as heat in the conversion process. Quote
Atomic Monkey Posted May 14, 2014 Report Posted May 14, 2014 My solution was to upgrade to a different stator with 2 outputs. I have 1 a\c circuit that runs the headlights (100 watts circuit potential), and 1 circuit that is floated for d\c. From my research the d\c circuit will provide somewhere around 70 watts safely. It will charge a battery, run some LEDs, and maybe some future electronics such as an EGT, and a cell charger for sure! Quote
Atomic Monkey Posted May 14, 2014 Report Posted May 14, 2014 I already have that PDF, what I don't know is what I have to do after installing the ground... Do I connect it directly to the negative (-) side of the lights and the other wire from the stock lights on the (+) side? Two seperate leads bro... straight from that new (floated) ground to your (-) on your buffer Quote
tomito Posted May 14, 2014 Author Report Posted May 14, 2014 Two seperate leads bro... straight from that new (floated) ground to your (-) on your buffer I'll run the lights on the AC current, and if they got scraped i'll buy some LED lights that ZillaFreak is selling that can be run on AC. Thanks everybody for the responses. Tom Quote
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