LED s?????

[jerryz]

 LED s??
Have fitted some nice bright LED lamps into the warning light console much clearer for the oil,fuel,main/dip etc but they do not work for the indicator warning lamp that only blinks on one side of indicators as the LED is a DIODE so in that socket I had to put the old 2w dim glass bulb back....any ideas how to solve this minor hassle?
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[Slide Panda]

What year monster?

On a pre electronic dash, it's because of how the dash is wired. Basically, it's not wired up as a basic positive and negative like the rest. Instead both wires coming into it can be positive - it just depends which side is lit up. Since diodes are directional, it'll only light up for one side.

The way to fix it would be to rewire things. You'd clip both wires coming to the bulb and splice the side coming from the main harness into a Y going to the bulb. Then the other bit of wire is then tied into the common ground used by the dash lights.

if it's a newer dash... I cant help

[victor441]

or, if there is room use two LED's wired in parallel with reverse polarity, one will light up either way

[jerryz]

Its actually on the 1991 750ss the monsters have brighter bulbs ,,,,I will do the V splice , another way I have been told is to put a bridge rectifier diode on one of the indicator bulbs.


thanks

[jerryz]

OK ...NO GOOD tried relays , Diodes and the V splice , nothing works   6 hours of work total faliure back to old 2w bulb which is pathetic ...any more ideas.. No room for 2 bulbs in the faceplate.

[victor441]

OK ...NO GOOD tried relays , Diodes and the V splice , nothing works   6 hours of work total faliure back to old 2w bulb which is pathetic ...any more ideas.. No room for 2 bulbs in the faceplate.

I got curious about this and Googled non polarized LED, didn't know if there was such a thing....anyway there is and I found the following thread on solving the same problem on a Triumph, might work for your bike too...

http://www.triumphrat.net/twins-technical-talk/78659-bonni-led-indicators-idiot-lights.html