06 banshee 2023 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Hey guys, i have LED lights on my banshee. The lights are circular lights with a ring light round the outside then big LEDs in the middle. The outer ring light works, but the big light only shines very dimmly at idle, then when revving the bike even a little bit they turn off. I tested the light with a 12v raptor 700 battery and the lights shine very well. Hope i can find the problem soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusto Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 You need to do a DC conversion. Google it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06 banshee 2023 Posted January 17 Author Report Share Posted January 17 I got the idea for the lights from michael sabo, he didnt use a dc conversion, is there any way i can do it without dc conversion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialblend07 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Just now, 06 banshee 2023 said: I got the idea for the lights from michael sabo, he didnt use a dc conversion, is there any way i can do it without dc conversion? You do NOT need to do a DC conversion for LED lights. You just need an AC-DC RECTIFIER. You can find them on ebay or amazon. It takes about 5 minutes to wire in. You can fuck it up. https://www.superbrightleds.com/12v-ac-to-dc-converter-module-3-amps#reviews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeMachining Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 I got the idea for the lights from michael sabo, he didnt use a dc conversion, is there any way i can do it without dc conversion? You do NOT need to do a DC conversion for LED lights. You just need an AC-DC RECTIFIER. You can find them on ebay or amazon. It takes about 5 minutes to wire in. You can fuck it up. https://www.superbrightleds.com/12v-ac-to-dc-converter-module-3-amps#reviewsLED work better/longer on DC.It's better to separate de high voltage from the low voltage (floating the ground)/DC conversion.There is many video on YouTube on how to float the ground.Like Steven said, an ac/dc converter/rectifier is somethink like 15$ on ebay.Envoyé de mon SM-S908W en utilisant Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialblend07 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 I ran a RIGID 6" lightbar on just a converter/rectifier for 6 years. It's a great inexpensive way to go, but yeah you can youtube DC conversion or just search here. It's been covered 100 times. One thread is like 20 pages of all of bitching at each other. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06 banshee 2023 Posted January 18 Author Report Share Posted January 18 17 hours ago, specialblend07 said: You do NOT need to do a DC conversion for LED lights. You just need an AC-DC RECTIFIER. You can find them on ebay or amazon. It takes about 5 minutes to wire in. You can fuck it up. https://www.superbrightleds.com/12v-ac-to-dc-converter-module-3-amps#reviews Do you have a tutorial thread for this? I’m not too experienced with electrics, also would I need to run a battery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialblend07 Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 3 hours ago, 06 banshee 2023 said: Do you have a tutorial thread for this? I’m not too experienced with electrics, also would I need to run a battery You buy the regulator/rectifier that I posted. You connect it just how the instructions say in the link I posted. Red goes to power, black goes to chassis ground. The other two go to pos/neg on light. It's literally a 5-10 minute job. No battery for the rectifier/regulator. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06 banshee 2023 Posted January 18 Author Report Share Posted January 18 52 minutes ago, specialblend07 said: You buy the regulator/rectifier that I posted. You connect it just how the instructions say in the link I posted. Red goes to power, black goes to chassis ground. The other two go to pos/neg on light. It's literally a 5-10 minute job. No battery for the rectifier/regulator. So we don’t use the stock light wires? How does the light switch work then? sorry if it’s a stupid question I don’t want to mess up the electrics doing something dumb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialblend07 Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 3 hours ago, 06 banshee 2023 said: So we don’t use the stock light wires? How does the light switch work then? sorry if it’s a stupid question I don’t want to mess up the electrics doing something dumb You use all the stock wires. The thing I posted just wires into the harness. Your dimmer likely won't work anymore though. This would be the absolute easiest way. If you want to buy a DC conversion, JL Engineering or JDS Customs sells complete ready to run kits for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06 banshee 2023 Posted January 25 Author Report Share Posted January 25 On 1/18/2024 at 11:36 PM, specialblend07 said: You use all the stock wires. The thing I posted just wires into the harness. Your dimmer likely won't work anymore though. This would be the absolute easiest way. If you want to buy a DC conversion, JL Engineering or JDS Customs sells complete ready to run kits for you. Does it replace the normal voltage regulator and wire in with the same wires as the voltage regulator? Do the lights wire into the same place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06 banshee 2023 Posted January 29 Author Report Share Posted January 29 hey anyone seen this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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