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Help! Dead bike.
Chris400F:
--- Quote from: rubyscube on June 30, 2016, 07:01:45 PM ---What strength is the main fuse?
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Main fuses generally seem to be 15A looking at info for a few different models.
It should probably be marked on the fuse anyway, when you remove it.
deltarider:
--- Quote ---If it's a 500 they only have one fuse running the whole thing, blow that and nothing works. If it was a 550 they have 3 fuses so blowing one fuse at least means something still works so I suspect it's a 500 and it's blown the fuse.
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The models CB500K2 (ED, F, G) and the CB500K3 have three fuses: 7A headlight, 5A taillight and 15A for the rest. I don't understand that so many are drawn to replacement by LEDS. If I read all these posts almost nobody seems to get it right the first time.
Then a little more on bulbs and LEDs. As far as safety, in particular attention value, I favour ordinary bulbs over leds. It may sound strange but LED brake- and indicatorlights do not draw as much attention as bulbs do. The reason is that ordinary bulbs glow on and off, where Leds are either on or off. In other words: with glowbulbs there is more chance you'll see something is changing. Do not forget that our brain is programmed to detect changes. Now we all blink our eyes from time to time. In such a blink a led can be switched on, where with conventional bulbs after you've blinked you can still see the lamp coming on. Some time ago I almost ran into a bus in front of me. I had missed glowing brakelights in my eyesight and the clean Leds had not alarmed me at all. And this was not the first time... Led lights could be a good thing for taillights and daylight running lights but I don't want them in my blinkers and certainly not as a brakelight. If other drivers are like me, I must fear I would run a higher risk being rearended.
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: deltarider on July 01, 2016, 07:19:04 AM ---
--- Quote ---If it's a 500 they only have one fuse running the whole thing, blow that and nothing works. If it was a 550 they have 3 fuses so blowing one fuse at least means something still works so I suspect it's a 500 and it's blown the fuse.
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The models CB500K2 (ED, F, G) and the CB500K3 have three fuses: 7A headlight, 5A taillight and 15A for the rest. I don't understand that so many are drawn to replacement by LEDS. If I read all these posts almost nobody seems to get it right the first time.
Then a little more on bulbs and LEDs. As far as safety, in particular attention value, I favour ordinary bulbs over leds. It may sound strange but LED brake- and indicatorlights do not draw as much attention as bulbs do. The reason is that ordinary bulbs glow on and off, where Leds are either on or off. In other words: with glowbulbs there is more chance you'll see something is changing. Do not forget that our brain is programmed to detect changes. Now we all blink our eyes from time to time. In such a blink a led can be switched on, where with conventional bulbs after you've blinked you can still see the lamp coming on. Some time ago I almost ran into a bus in front of me. I had missed glowing brakelights in my eyesight and the clean Leds had not alarmed me at all. And this was not the first time... Led lights could be a good thing for taillights and daylight running lights but I don't want them in my blinkers and certainly not as a brakelight. If other drivers are like me, I must fear I would run a higher risk being rearended.
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Brilliant reply, totally agree ... look out for NOS Stanley bulbs (in orange packaging) at auto-jumbles .... a lot of modern made bulbs are sh*te
florence:
I agree too, old style bulbs are safer in my opinion and after all, the bike was not designed to run LEDs. Keep things simple I say.
tom400f:
--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on June 30, 2016, 07:03:34 PM ---
As you know Tom, I'm no expert but we put a LED relay on one of our bikes to cure a problem, as suggested by Hairygit (there is a post on here somewhere) and the standard filament bulbs were left in situ. It cured the problem and has been working fine since.
rubescube, the fuses are usually found in the fuse box ::) ::) ::) What bike is it?
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Interesting what you say Julie. I tried (quickly) to find out the electrical specs for LED relays, didn't find any so I assumed they can't switch much. Seems the attraction is that the flash rate doesn't vary with the load, which can still be filament levels, unlike the old flasher units. Agree with Ash's comments about the perception of LEDs.
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