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Old 08-27-2014, 01:29 PM
Neil E. Neil E. is offline
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The original wiring is set up for incandescent bulbs. When you add LED lighting you need to be sure the lights themselves are configured correctly. This means you need a "3 wire" tail light. One wire for brake, one wire for tail and one wire for ground. You also need a "3 wire" headlamp (HI + LO + ground).

Yellow (AC power) goes directly to the "tail" wire. Yellow (AC power) goes to the brake light switch and out to the "brake" wire. Yellow/green is ground (connected to the black wire that is your engine/frame ground).

There is no "increase of power". There only one power source directed to different functions. Based on the diagram that was posted, you need:

Yellow to violet (for tail).
Yellow to brake light switch to white (for brake)
Black to yellow/green (ground).

(first colour = chassis wiring, second colour = tail/brake light wiring)
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