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oldpot

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ty Harold and bigbutton , i looking at a led back tail/brake light , now i see the ground is not a ground but a license light but i will not use that does that make a difference, now Harold has confused me a bit with his drawing a bit as i as you know no good with schematic drawings so will this work ?? , but i cannot understand where you get 2 ground wires from the brake.tail wires

so say the running wire you connect the wire from the off switch to the running wire then add another wire to them both as ground to the bike or battery???.

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this is the lights i thinking about here


http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Motorcycle-ATV-Brake-Tail-Stop-28-LED-License-Plate-Light-for-12V-vehicle-/230981786011?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35c796599b&vxp=mtr


and would this work as a on/off switch

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Universal-Motorcycle-ATV-Pit-Dirt-Bike-Scooter-On-Off-Switch-Power-12V-/221154599499?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item337dd7624b&vxp=mtr
 
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bigbutterbean

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If you had separate brake light and tail light, each would have a separate ground. If you've got just one light with a dual-intensity bulb (tail light that shines brighter when the brake light is activated), then you would just need one ground. Also, you shouldn't be grounding anything directly to the battery. The battery and all your lights should all be grounded to the frame.
 
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oldpot

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now bigbutton you confusing me now , as the diagram on the first page the 2 black wires for the turn lights do go to the negative on the battery , so i thought be same with the brake/light lights so i would have to add 2 wires to the junction there i connect the brake and running wires from the off switch then ground them to the bike ??
 
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oldpot

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wow thank you so much Harold thats what i wanted easy diagram, sorry only t understand just simple ones , i need to read up about them and learn,
question when the parts come in about 10 days and i test the diagram , can i connect the ground from the taillight to the battery for testing , and wheres best place to ground on the bike.( can i use one of the bolts that will fasten the brake light to work.
again Harold many thanks for the diagram cannot wait to try it out.
 
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bigbutterbean

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You can ground the lights to the battery to test. I do this all the time. You can ground everything to the battery once installed if you prefer, I just find it easier to ground to the frame. I use my seatpost clamp bolt and one of my luggage rack bolts as grounding points.
 
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bigbutterbean

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My luggage rack bolts to my seatpost, and I used an eyelet connector to ground one of my wires to one of the bolts. If you're going to drill a hole to ground anything, make sure you remove any paint around the hole before attempting to ground.
 
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oldpot

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ok the light come today and the ebay page where the light come from did not says which wire goes? but some that's same as the ones i got give me 2 different set ups i tried them both and for some reason i not getting nothing i should get some sort ofd light come on surly and the brake lever not on so as soon as i get power to them they should light up but nothing , is there a easy way to test if the lights are working ??
site where i got them from
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251310366157?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

and other like the one i got

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=Universal+Motorcycle+LED+Rear+Brake+Tail+Plate+Light&_sacat=0&_from=R40
 
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