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hi guys im thinking of putting an additional lamp of some sort on my
02 xt 600 e what im hopoing to do if fit it to the left side of the bike and direct it in sutch away that it keeps this side of the road well lit so that when
there is an oncoming car its lights dont drown out my vision if ya no what i mean

im hoping to do this cheap so the Touratechs are out my biggest concern is the wiring side of the as in were to wire it to with what wattage of bulb and so forth and as far as mounting it goes i could take a stab at making something up to to do the job

all input welcome

cheers

I run a pair of Hal-frauds lamps on the TTR, the cheapest there are, using one fog and one driving. Never had a problem with power, and the battery (which is notoriously rubbish on the E) never once gave me a problem.

As for wiring, you need to create an auxillary circuit, to provide power and then another relay to control the power on/off of the driving lamp (if you are using this type of configuration).

Advisable to have an override switch for any driving lamps too, you can pick switches 'n stuff up from Maplin prety cheap. I had to mount a small plastic box to house the relays, but you might have more space on the XT.

As for wiring, you need to create an auxillary circuit, to provide power and then another relay to control the power on/off of the driving lamp (if you are using this type of configuration).

cheers for the reply m8 could u elaborate on the wiring i have a basic understanding of relays

OK.

You need to creat the aux circuit first. You will need a 4 way realy, some wire (cable of the amapge you are going to use -> P=IV, so the power (in watts) is = to (I)Amps x (V)Voltage. or I=P/V is the same.)

You will also need a fuse and some connectors.

Take a +ve feed from the battery, put an in-line fuse in it!
Take a -ve feed from the battery
Take a feed from the break light switch (this comes live with the ignition),

The relay has 4 contacts, 2 of them will power a coil, the other two are the switch.

To connection 30 on the relay connect the +ve feed from the battery.
To connection 85 connect the -ve feed from the battery (this is your earth connection and you can use it as the earth for other things too)
To connection 86 connect the feed from the brake light switch.
Connection 87 is your auxilary circuit, this will power any accessories (lights 12v power, gps etc)

You can run the lights directly from the auxilary circuit through a switch if you want (cable from the aux circuit to a switch then to the lights, make sure you connect the earth cable too!), or you can set the lights to come on automatically with low beam (for the fog) by not putting in a switch or high beam (for the driving) by useing another relay and the main beam circuit to activate another relay.

For main beam:

You'll need another relay.

Connection 30 will connect to the aux circuit.
85 connected to earth (-ve)
86 connected by scotch connector to the main beam cable on the bike - the one that gives power to the other filament on the bulb that gives you main beam
87 is the load, or in this case goes to power the new driving lamp.

I guess a diagram would be much easier, if I can get some time next week I'll draw one up.

The f

thanks for that :thumbup1: