Ok. A little bit of myself. I bought a 95 Aspc in 2012 in Loxley AL. Done a 5000 mile tour which took us as far as rhe Rocky Mountains and ended up where we started. Afterwards I imported the bike to Namibia and did some extendd tours also through South Africa. Myself is 61 and me wife 64. Imported a Insta Trike kit from TowPac and are doing the last work on the installation. Problem is the tail lights on the kit. To find an integrated LED set seems to be impossible in my country. I am planning to use two marker truck lights one in amber and one in red. I saw your post about your setup and would like to have the drawing or scetch how you did the wiring on the tail brake light. Our time is seven hours ahead of yours.
Tx again
Have a nice day. We ride with CMA
Willem
Thanks for the info Willem... I had a 1993 Aspy before I traded up for my current ride - a 2009 GL1800... Loved my old 93 Aspy though - wish I could have kept it...
For myself, I am 69 (just had 69th B Day on Feb 4th) and have been riding for the last 45 years or so, with an absence from riding while raising the kids and taking care of the family... Retired in 2008 and have been enjoying life ever since... Spent all my life in electronics and the last 25 years in IT and computers at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as Manager of Trading Floor Development... Moved to our retirement home in Eastern Tennessee last January and have been enjoying the weather and roads here ever since...
Below is the drawing for the brake light wiring... Note that the resistor value was for my particular light which used a total of 3 LED's in each lamp assembly... Should be close for yours since LED's are current activated devices... I used a 1/2 watt resistor, larger would be fine, don't think I would go any smaller than 1/2 watt though, more for physical soundness rather than electrical considerations...
In actual usage, voltage for the running light is supplied thru the 470 ohm resistor/1N4007 diode and the LED lamp is a bit dimmer due to decreased voltage/current thru the 470 ohm resistor and it's 1N4007 diode... When brake is applied, that slightly higher voltage from the brake light circuit is applied to the LED light thru the 1N4007 diode with NO resistor and that slightly higher voltage makes the LED lamp brighter... The 1N4007 diode in the brake light circuit serves to isolate the running light voltage from back feeding up into the brake light circuit as diodes will pass voltage in one direction only... This setup has been on my Tow Pac for nearly 2 years now and is functioning flawlessly...
I soldered up the components and put heat shrink tubing over them and tucked them into the Tow Pac wiring harness on the bike, but you could put them on the Tow Pac too - just depends on how convenient it is for you...
Let me know if you have any further questions...
Les
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