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Fancy headlight relay
Glad you posted this so putting title in text so i can search within forum again when i get to point of my special project light hook ups. Photo of it installed would be nice touch for us to view. I had to use 3 half size relays in headlamp shell to do the same job in past.
Glad you posted this so putting title in text so i can search within forum again when i get to point of my special project light hook ups. Photo of it installed would be nice touch for us to view. I had to use 3 half size relays in headlamp shell to do the same job in past.
Dave,
Nice bit of kit, someone out there is thinking of old motor bikes! The price is not so bad after your purchased two standard relays in Australia.
Has anyone thought about using a relay to power up the electronic ignition with good solid power?
Thanks for sharing, imagine it would be sought after on early 70's Triumphs with flat back headlight shells?
Cheers Richard
Nice bit of kit, someone out there is thinking of old motor bikes! The price is not so bad after your purchased two standard relays in Australia.
Has anyone thought about using a relay to power up the electronic ignition with good solid power?
Thanks for sharing, imagine it would be sought after on early 70's Triumphs with flat back headlight shells?
Cheers Richard
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FWIW two micro relays from Eastern beaver would also do the job and the pair would probably be roughly the same size (and less than half the price)...they have sockets available for them too
So far as I can tell they are electromechanical type relays (vs. solid state) so they should work with positive or negative ground
http://www.easternbeaver.com/Main/Elec__Products/Relays/relays.html
a relay probably would not be worth the trouble for electronic ignition, it does not pull nearly as much current as a headlight so the voltage drop through the wiring is much less
So far as I can tell they are electromechanical type relays (vs. solid state) so they should work with positive or negative ground
http://www.easternbeaver.com/Main/Elec__Products/Relays/relays.html
a relay probably would not be worth the trouble for electronic ignition, it does not pull nearly as much current as a headlight so the voltage drop through the wiring is much less
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Oh yeah I relayed and 5 amp audio power filtered inline + a fuse for black box Boyer for = undetectable ignition 'improvement' but did take a bit of heat out of the kill button. Headlight relay kept the bars from feeling the real heat and putting more light ahead.
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Those look real nice but you can find relays for 1/10th the price. http://www.newark.com/nte-electronics/r ... dp/02H7403
You might have to do some soldering to make up the contacts and they may not look so cool. There are plenty of others too. Just saying.
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You might have to do some soldering to make up the contacts and they may not look so cool. There are plenty of others too. Just saying.
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Well if the love of your life ain't worth a purpose made electric jewerly piece, then at least don't clutter her up with one inch size cubes. With a bit of searching can find 1/2 size 30 amp relyas, that are definitely easier to stuff behind headlight or other places.
I just noticed the fancy relays are only for neg earth, positive earth is special order, ask fr pricing?
The Narva relays look the goods, how can you wire up the change over to perform the hi/lo beam?
Can you show us, I not great on electrical stuff!
Cheers Richard
The Narva relays look the goods, how can you wire up the change over to perform the hi/lo beam?
Can you show us, I not great on electrical stuff!
Cheers Richard
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stockie2 said:
If you don't have good crimpers, wire, terminal lugs, some electrical experience, etc. an Eastern Beaver kit with micro relays might be a better bet than buying all the materials, tools, etc....they make positive and negative ground kits so the wire colors are correct,. Or if you do want to go DIY you can probably figure out how to do the wiring from their site and they also sell the micro relays and sockets separately at a decent price (I have no connection to EB, just like their products...I did have the tools and parts on hand so I wired my own HL relays on two of my bikes and they work well)
http://www.easternbeaver.com/Main/Products/H4_Kits/h4_kits.html
http://www.easternbeaver.com/Main/Elec__Products/Relays/relays.html
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The match box says negative ground only... See the photo near the bottom of their page. If anyone swapped to a negative ground? I'm interested in the details. I don't see that as an issue with the Narva micro relay.
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Some relays have a built in diode across the coil so they are polarity sensitive. Sometimes you can open up the relay and nip the diode out. The diode is there to prevent an inductive voltage spike of opposite polarity when the field collapses. Probably not a big deal if being switched by a mechanical button - only a problem if switched by a solid state device.
I have often thought or wished that someone here would photograph and walk us through the procedure for installing headlight & or horn relays in a Commando. I have good electrical tools can solder well etc etc & have basic understanding of bike electrics but for some reason even looking at the basic instructions I still feel a bit ify on exactly how to do it. I think it would be great if someone would photograph the proccess & explain it like " cut this wire here" connect it here" and so on and post it in our Tech section. It's such a great mod, anything that makes our lights better is invaluable. Anyone willing???
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