ragtop69gs Posted September 5, 2015 Posted September 5, 2015 I'm installing a pair of 18 watt 12v LED floods on the RSV. That converts to 1.5 amp draw for each light, 3 amp total draw. Charts indicate 16ga wire for the length required, is a 5 amp fuse sufficient? Any advantage to using a relay on this low draw circuit? Seems a toggle switch should handle 3 amps without a relay just fine. I know just a little more about electric than I do nuclear power !
MikeWa Posted September 5, 2015 Posted September 5, 2015 A toggle switch should be just fine. However if you want to connect them through the headlamp switch then a relay would be the way to go. Mike
ragtop69gs Posted September 5, 2015 Author Posted September 5, 2015 I want these switched separately, with their own dedicated wire runs.
Bert2006 Posted September 5, 2015 Posted September 5, 2015 I would alway's go with a relay...no matter what
djh3 Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 Should be fine. I have been pretty happy with the mini toggle switches from radio shack. Small easy to hide.
Carbon_One Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 If your concerned about the amps going thru a mini switch you could run the setup by just using the switch on the ground side of the wiring. Probably don't need a relay either with such low amps but for peace of mind you could add one. Larry
bongobobny Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 The ground side will draw the same amount of current...
ragtop69gs Posted September 8, 2015 Author Posted September 8, 2015 It's all installed, no relay, we'll see how it does. Pics to follow.
ragtop69gs Posted September 8, 2015 Author Posted September 8, 2015 http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/08/b8ab64a1ed6e6fa0399326e42a036f57.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/08/0f62dee63b33af48ba22e8f0d45f9da6.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/08/bbacb75d86d62fefb7088db53e25ef6b.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/08/290e08d5a50a120f9d71b1b5bdb9c0ab.jpg
djh3 Posted September 9, 2015 Posted September 9, 2015 Man those remind me of some aircraft Taxi lights I had installed many moons ago. They were on a GS1100 Suzuki and if you turned them both on at same time I think it slowed the bike. LOL Those are looking sporty. Almost same idea I had.
ragtop69gs Posted September 9, 2015 Author Posted September 9, 2015 They throw some good light even adjusted pointing down low. They are both flood 20* floods, I'm going to replace the left one with a spot beam. $20 a pair off ebay, 1500 lumens 18 watts Not sure what happened with the pics posting sideways
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