CoLight Aux Lights - Fitting & Thoughts

[matsmith749]

I think you will be impressed.

I would bet the main beam is only a little more impressive, as these size lights are all mental.

But with the low beam / diffuse being seperately controllable, you can run a bright daytime running light without blinding everyone.

I hear you about the motolights - but you could always just buy another ezcan, you would still be hundreds of pounds cheaper.

Having done it already - if you really can only use 2 circuits, I would go with amber ring & low beam on 1 circuit, with high bean on 2nd circuit.

I've seen your stuff on youtube - pretty decent - congratz on the channel.

 

[TheStammeringBiker]

I think you will be impressed.

I would bet the main beam is only a little more impressive, as these size lights are all mental.

But with the low beam / diffuse being seperately controllable, you can run a bright daytime running light without blinding everyone.

Yeah I think they’ll work out well to be fair! I struggled mounting the D07’s to my SW Motech crash bars as they sat too far outwards so I need to come up with something a bit more plausible if I plan to keep them

 

[TheStammeringBiker]

I think you will be impressed.

I would bet the main beam is only a little more impressive, as these size lights are all mental.

But with the low beam / diffuse being seperately controllable, you can run a bright daytime running light without blinding everyone.

I hear you about the motolights - but you could always just buy another ezcan, you would still be hundreds of pounds cheaper.

Having done it already - if you really can only use 2 circuits, I would go with amber ring & low beam on 1 circuit, with high bean on 2nd circuit.

I've seen your stuff on youtube - pretty decent - congratz on the channel.

Thanks mate appreciate it! I’ll give it a bash and see what’s what, also thanks for the detailed info on how you did yours, I’ll be sure to give you a mention

 

[matsmith749]

I tried about 4 different brackets for mine (to the crash bars) - only one I liked was the denali mount - but it is £80.

If you go that way, you will need to slightly enlarge the hole in the denali mount - easy job.

 

[Ronado]

Afternoon folks I have a question which may come across as a stupid one to ask but I have limited experience with wiring and circuits on bikes . I have recently purchased the DO9 Pro lights , fitted them with the provided wiring loom and all good very impressed however I want to add in a Denali brake light so I have purchased the appropriate Hex ez canto which connect to once fitted. My question is this , following the info on this post I would be cutting the light cables just short of the relay box and connecting the lights using the pigtails provided, does that mean I can then do away with the rest of that wiring loom as the lights will be powered through the Hex ez can ?

 

[matsmith749]

Yes it does - you bin off everything other than the long wire to the relay box.

So relay box / the switch / the fuse holder / battery connectors - all in the bin (the entire loom other than the wire to the lights themselves).

Once you hook up to the EZcan you control the lights via your standard light switches on the handlebars & program what you want to happen in the ezcan software.

Power will come from the ezcan, and on/off swtiching handled from the BMW controls on your handlebars.

 

[Ronado]

Yes it does - you bin off everything other than the long wire to the relay box.

So relay box / the switch / the fuse holder / battery connectors - all in the bin (the entire loom other than the wire to the lights themselves).

Once you hook up to the EZcan you control the lights via your standard light switches on the handlebars & program what you want to happen in the ezcan software.

Power will come from the ezcan, and on/off swtiching handled from the BMW controls on your handlebars.

Many thanks Matt

 

[Ronado]

Many thanks Matt

Matt I hope you don’t mind me asking your advice in this . As stated I’ve got the DO 9 Pro lights with the hex ez can . I know I have 4 circuits to work with , take one for the brake light leaves 3. Can you please advise in the simplest of terms how I’d go about wiring these up so that I can have the amber drl’s double up as indicators with the best functionality available for the rest after that including flashing when horn goes and flashing when full beam is flicked on to pass etc .
Thanks in advance . I know there are 4 wires within each light cable so please treat me as if I need it spelled out to me what wires go where etc.

 

[TheStammeringBiker]

I did use all 4 circuits - but I would not recommend you do the same, instead I would do the below:

Circuit #1 - both lights low beam (max draw is 8A)
Circuit #2 - both lights high beam (max draw is 8A)
Circuit #3 - both lights amber ring (max draw is 1A)

I set mine up with amber ring on 2 circuits, so I could use as indicators - but I wouldn't bother if doing it again. The amber light looks nice, so I leave it on all the time along with the low beam as daytime running lights.

Obviously only relevant if you bought the same D09 pro lights, with 3x different channels.

How did you get that config? I’m playing with mine now and the EzCan only supports 2 “sets” of aux lights so I’m struggling to get that configuration.

I can get one circuit as the amber DRLs only on during the day, and one circuit as the full white LED section as night time running lights but also full beam intensity

I can’t see a way to configure a 3rd “set” as it only allows Auxilliary Lights 1 and 2. Or did you configure the amber circuit as something other than a light given you want it on all the time anyway?

 

[matsmith749]

Ok - here goes.

Set up you pair of lights like this:

Circuit 1 - high beam (aux 1 on the ezcan)
Circuit 2 - low beam (aux 2 left on the ezcan)
Circuit 3 - amber ring (aux 2 right on the ezcan)

You could also set up circuit 3 (amber ring) as any aux powered item - also would work (but at full brightness).

Simple.

 

[Ronado]

How did you get that config? I’m playing with mine now and the EzCan only supports 2 “sets” of aux lights so I’m struggling to get that configuration.

I can get one circuit as the amber DRLs only on during the day, and one circuit as the full white LED section as night time running lights but also full beam intensity

I can’t see a way to configure a 3rd “set” as it only allows Auxilliary Lights 1 and 2. Or did you configure the amber circuit as something other than a light given you want it on all the time anyway?

How did you get that config? I’m playing with mine now and the EzCan only supports 2 “sets” of aux lights so I’m struggling to get that configuration.

I can get one circuit as the amber DRLs only on during the day, and one circuit as the full white LED section as night time running lights but also full beam intensity

I can’t see a way to configure a 3rd “set” as it only allows Auxilliary Lights 1 and 2. Or did you configure the amber circuit as something other than a light given you want it on all the time anyway?

Ok - here goes.

Set up you pair of lights like this:

Circuit 1 - high beam (aux 1 on the ezcan)
Circuit 2 - low beam (aux 2 left on the ezcan)
Circuit 3 - amber ring (aux 2 right on the ezcan)

You could also set up circuit 3 (amber ring) as any aux powered item - also would work (but at full brightness).

Simple.

Thanks Matt now let please feed back to you what I understand you are telling me bearing in mind the Hex ex can pigtails have a black wire and an orange wire .
Circuit 1- a white wire from each cable connects to the orange wire on pigtail, a single black wire from one of the cables connects to the black wire on pigtail 1.
Circuit 2- a red wire from each cable connects to the orange wire on pigtail, a single black wire from the other cable connects to the black wire on pigtail 2.
A yellow wire from each cable is also connected to the orange wire on same pigtail (2) as per your direction .
Circuit 3- used for the Denali brake light.
Circuit 4- Spare at moment .

I really hope you can understand the way I’ve put this down Matt , once again thank you for your guidance on this matter mate.

 

[matsmith749]

Ronaldo - almost.

Everything you say above - except for how you handle the black wires (ground).

Although the black wire is a common thing - you need to remember that each light needs a ground + some input from one of the other colours.

So - you are using 2x circuits for each lights (paired same across both sides).

You need to split out the black wire (1 Solder linked 2x smaller black wires) on to each side. Then you join one black wire from the left light to one black wire on the right light - for each circuit.

So before you start linking up to the pigtails from the ezcan, you will have the red/white/yellow+ 2x black for each light.

That way you always have a ground & a colour feed to each light, for each circuit.

 

[Ronado]

Ronaldo - almost.

Everything you say above - except for how you handle the black wires (ground).

Although the black wire is a common thing - you need to remember that each light needs a ground + some input from one of the other colours.

So - you are using 2x circuits for each lights (paired same across both sides).

You need to split out the black wire (1 Solder linked 2x smaller black wires) on to each side. Then you join one black wire from the left light to one black wire on the right light - for each circuit.

So before you start linking up to the pigtails from the ezcan, you will have the red/white/yellow+ 2x black for each light.

That way you always have a ground & a colour feed to each light, for each circuit.

Shit just when I thought I was getting you have done that black wire thing so let me see if I can get this . I take the original black wire from the cable and split it to make 2 black wires from the same cable . One of those joins to the black wire on the pigtail and the new extra one gets joined to the new spare one from the other cable ??

 

[TheStammeringBiker]

Ok - here goes.

Set up you pair of lights like this:

Circuit 1 - high beam (aux 1 on the ezcan)
Circuit 2 - low beam (aux 2 left on the ezcan)
Circuit 3 - amber ring (aux 2 right on the ezcan)

You could also set up circuit 3 (amber ring) as any aux powered item - also would work (but at full brightness).

Simple.

Thanks mate. If I’m not mistaken though that’ll mean that both the amber ring and the low beam will always be on together which I really didn’t want. I tried this setup and it combined the left and right settings so I couldn’t then control them one for day and one for night. Unless of course I’m being dim which is possible

 

[matsmith749]

I see what you are saying - the description above works for what 'I' would do.

If you want seperate control of the amber ring (but as a pair) you could just set them as an aux powered item on circuit 3?

My amber rings are actually set up as indicators, with daytime running at 100%. But this uses 2x circuits just for that, and you don't have that spare.

You might get a better answer on the hex ezcan forum, they will have done this way more than I have - like I said at the start - I only really know what I have done myself.

 

[TheStammeringBiker]

I see what you are saying - the description above works for what 'I' would do.

If you want seperate control of the amber ring (but as a pair) you could just set them as an aux powered item on circuit 3?

My amber rings are actually set up as indicators, with daytime running at 100%. But this uses 2x circuits just for that, and you don't have that spare.

You might get a better answer on the hex ezcan forum, they will have done this way more than I have - like I said at the start - I only really know what I have done myself.

Thanks Mat appreciate it!

ideally I would want the amber ring on ONLY in the day and off at night with the lower 4 diffused lights on as a night running light then the high beam as its own one. But the only way I can get this setup is to either have the Amber ring on both day and night or forego the 4 white leds for night time and just have Amber for day and full spread of white for night with them at 100% for flash/horn.

Will tinker some more thanks again!

 

[matsmith749]

Sounds like you have some fun ahead while you tweak options.

This light is awesome - but if having to make a choice, I would just have the low beam / high beam & forget about the amber ring TBH.

It does look pretty - but I would not give up the low/high goodness just to add in something pretty.... do you see what I mean?

I haven't seen a version of the light with similar high power that just did diffuse low / mega high - that would be the sweetspot for me.

 

[Ronado]

Sounds like you have some fun ahead while you tweak options.

This light is awesome - but if having to make a choice, I would just have the low beam / high beam & forget about the amber ring TBH.

It does look pretty - but I would not give up the low/high goodness just to add in something pretty.... do you see what I mean?

I haven't seen a version of the light with similar high power that just did diffuse low / mega high - that would be the sweetspot for me.

Evening Matt I hope you are well . I have a question that been going round in my head all day and I can’t convince myself I know the right answer to it , again I hope you don’t mind me asking your advice .
Given what we discussed last night with only using 2 circuits and splitting up the black wires I need to ask, if I put the amber lights separately on the 3rd circuit where am I supplying the black wire to the hex ez can from and the other black wire that we produced last night joined to the the original black wire in the light cable again I know I need to make that bit of wire up but would I then join it into the other 2 extra black wires you told me we needed last night. Again I hope this is clear enough and thanks again Matt

 

[matsmith749]

An easier way to explain it:

Look at the wires supplied with your hex ezcan - each circuit connector pigtail has 2 wires coming out - a colour & a black.

If you are hooking the wires up as a 'pair of lights' ie - one circuit controls them both as a pair, then you need a black wire from each light (2 wires wrapped together) and a coloured wire from each light (2 wires wrapped together) to be connected to the pigtail that goes to the hex ezcan. Every pigtail (1 per circuit) should have 2x coloured wires coming in & 2x black wires coming (1 for each light).

You do that for each circuit you want to individually control - high beam / low beam / amber ring.

To make the wiring super nice & neat, I got 3x 4 inch long pieces of black wire & soldered them onto the single black wire coming from each light. So I turned the 1x black wire per side into 3x black wires per side.

If you are just using 2 circuits, obviously you only need 2x black wires per side.

Does that make more sense?

 

[Ronado]

An easier way to explain it:

Look at the wires supplied with your hex ezcan - each circuit connector pigtail has 2 wires coming out - a colour & a black.

If you are hooking the wires up as a 'pair of lights' ie - one circuit controls them both as a pair, then you need a black wire from each light (2 wires wrapped together) and a coloured wire from each light (2 wires wrapped together) to be connected to the pigtail that goes to the hex ezcan. Every pigtail (1 per circuit) should have 2x coloured wires coming in & 2x black wires coming (1 for each light).

You do that for each circuit you want to individually control - high beam / low beam / amber ring.

To make the wiring super nice & neat, I got 3x 4 inch long pieces of black wire & soldered them onto the single black wire coming from each light. So I turned the 1x black wire per side into 3x black wires per side.

If you are just using 2 circuits, obviously you only need 2x black wires per side.

Does that make more sense?

I think so Matt so in my lay mans language if i want to run the 3 circuits I add 3 black wires to each of the light cables. in connecting i do the following
Circuit 1) Coloured wire from each side + black wire from each side (2 coloured to orange wire on pigtail, 2 black wires to black wire on pigtail)
Circuit 2) As above
Circuit 3) As above
Circuit 4) Denali brake light