trigger wire to install for my Clearwater lights

ratty123 said:

G'day All, I am trying to find the high beam trigger wire to hook up my clearwater spot lights on my 2015 GS. I have them all correctly wired to a PDM 60 and they turn on/off as they should. The book says the white wire out of the high beam cluster is the one BUT it is live all the time. The book also shows the yellow is a high beam wire but its live all the time also. The other wires from the high beam pod are purple,grey and brown. I had clearwaters on my Super Tenere so i am familiar with the wiring process..I am wondering if I should be looking at the LHS where the on/off switch is for the high beam. I have just got my GS recently and this is my first post as I have faith in any forum community as they know everything. Any ideas welcome...cheers and stay safe with Covid19... Jn

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knutk said:

Is the bike equipped with LEDs or H7 bulbs?

If LEDs, you can not tap into the wires, and the same goes for the switch gear, the switch gear is operating through LIN-bus.
There are several threads in the forum covering the different aspects of what you are searching.
Best of luck.

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Khulu said:

Slight deviation, I'm sorry:

I've got a 2013 hexhead, which will be Canbus, and am going to change the stock spots to after-market LEDs. I intend cutting the existing loom and replacing stock with LEDs and using the existing switch. I expect a fault error to appear which I hope to, somehow, fix with my GS911 (which I've never used but hope it will work).
Does this make sense to those with more experience (especially of a GS911) or am I missing something?

TIA.

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Khulu said:

No words of wisdom from the experienced?

I'll just have to "wing it" then!

As I'll have to do this summer / autumn it appears.

It's been a gorgeous day up here today and all my bikes are still tucked away cosy!

No wind (unusual up here) and perfect riding weather - bastards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Delboy777 said:

Maybe it wont throw a fault, even if it does i think if you soldered in a resister inline it wouldn't. But im no expert, so dont take my word for it. LED lights use so little current the circuit thinks there is a fault, by adding a resistor it create's a "load" and fools the circuit into thinking all is well. Bit like LED indicators i think. I agree, beautiful weather today, i wheeled bike out of its winter slumber and was very tempted but i resisted. Mind you i met a bike or two earlier on this morning when i was doing my blood bike group thing.

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knutk said:

It will work. I don't expect any error message from the aux lights. (At least, my -15 GSA did not throw a fault message when the lights where disconnected.

However, while you are on it, connecting your new lights to the OEM loom severely limits your options compared to what you would achieve by getting an EZcan or an equivalent controller.
The stock control will switch your lights on or of. The 'other' controller will allow you to dim the lights as well as allow them to flash along with the signal lights + more (as described by your chosen controller)

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knutk said:

It will work. I don't expect any error message from the aux lights. (At least, my -15 GSA did not throw a fault message when the lights where disconnected.

However, while you are on it, connecting your new lights to the OEM loom severely limits your options compared to what you would achieve by getting an EZcan or an equivalent controller.
The stock control will switch your lights on or of. The 'other' controller will allow you to dim the lights as well as allow them to flash along with the signal lights + more (as described by your chosen controller)

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