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89 KDX200 Headlight. Help & win a cookie: PART II
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[QUOTE="DirtyRyan, post: 1364797, member: 109026"] Yeah I didn't think it would be much of an issue to go larger. But I figure you seem to know more about this stuff so I'll ask before I act on any of my thinking. With any luck this will prevent me from turning into a traveling fireball...I have enough things to deal with as it is. So here's some stuff that's been on my mind lately. Let's see what you think: 1. I was mentioning having to lengthen out those red & yellows that are supposed to lead into the light switch. So here's what I'm wondering about this part of the project. I have a few choices for lengthening out that wire, and I don't know what's the best way to go. I can: A) Take the existing 16 gauge reds & yellows, and use those connectors shown above to run them into a 12 gauge wire. This however means I'm gonna be running that 12 gauge wire up to the light switch, and as we saw, they have very tiny terminals. I could always just cut the copper at the end after stripping it, and then just leave as much copper as needed to affix it to the terminals. So that's one option. B) I could take the existing reds & yellows and use the above imaged connectors to run that 16 gauge into the smaller gauge wire (smaller than 16, shown above), that came with the light switch itself. This would ensure that the wire was the right size for the terminals, however, it would also mean running something out of a 16 gauge into a smaller gauge, which concerns me a bit. C) I could just use the same connectors and go get some 16 gauge wire to lengthen the existing 16 gauge with. However, it'd be one more thing to go buy, and it would present pretty much the same thing as option A, in that I would still have to cut some copper at the top to get it to affix to those tiny terminals. D) I could take out the entire red and yellow wires, and reroute new wiring of an appropriate length. This however would mean having to actually do that...which....I'd really just rather not do unless it's totally needed. I don't think it should be though. Idunno...your thoughts? 2. Diodes: When I go to wire those diodes into the system, is there any special covering I should use to keep them safe and secure? I was thinking of just soldering them in place, then heatshrinking them on, or maybe even just using some good old electrical tape, or both. So what would you use to protect them a bit, and where int he system would you wire them in, or does it matter? I figured somewhere just about midway through and away from heat sources should work fine. 3. I was looking at some of these connections. Some of them 'T' off and go two separate ways. For example, looking at the brake light circuit....it looks like it's showing me that it runs into the horn switch AND the yellow power source wire. Are there 'T' connectors or something that I should use for this kind of thing or what? I mean, I'd think something like that would have to exist..I just never recalled having used them or even seen one for that matter. 4. The diagram shows one of the VRs wires running into the black wire that serves as the tail light ground. Is this supposed to actually run INTO that wire, or is it just supposed to ground there instead? 5. For all the extra wiring going into this thing....all this 12 I have laying around should work right? I can't imagine it being an issue, but then I'm not gonna overlook or assume anything when it comes to electrical since electrical seems to be a bit finicky about people needing to obey it's laws. I think that's enough to keep me occupied for now. There will be more questions I'm sure later, but I think knowing those things should at least get me further into it for now. [/QUOTE]
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