Electronics » Additional LED spots

I fitted additional LED spots some years ago, hopefully to improve visibility to others and they have worked quite well.
These are wired from the accessory socket via a bar switch and come on with the ignition and go off after a few minutes following switch off.
They are quite bright, so much so that I am reluctant to use them in poor light conditions as they seem to annoy other road users.
Some time ago I picked up an LED dimmer which uses PWM switching to dim the lights.
Whilst tidying the garage for the 10th time I came across the unit still in its packaging and have installed it into the bike.
Taking the easy route I fitted the unit at the power source rather than after the switch. It's a simple unit with 2 wires in and 2 wires out. A rotary potentiometer controls the light level.
I decided to take the bits out of the supplied box as it was a bit bulky and have been able to tuck the PCB out of the way under the seat.
The pot' sits next to the seat key switch .
I can now vary the light level to suit the varying conditions though I think a day and night setting will suffice.
I know there are some fancy canbus units available which can do this but this is a cheap alternative that seems to work quite well.
I think the unit was £4
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Alan

Zitat von Alda im Beitrag #1

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The pot' sits next to the seat key switch .

Alan

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Excellent! I like the thought of dimming or brightening on the go.

I thought I read somewhere you could change the brightness with the WW but I could be wrong.

Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #2

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You trust this bunch with knowing where you hide your pot :)

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Zitat von Doc4216 im Beitrag #3

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Excellent! I like the thought of dimming or brightening on the go.

I thought I read somewhere you could change the brightness with the WW but I could be wrong.

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That's a neat solution.

It's the Canbus accessory controllers that allow the adjustment of light output.

They can even change the output on non-PWN lights, a couple of my customers use the cheaper Volocan accessory controller and the basic two wire lights and can still adjust the output.

Another way is use a DENALI datadim module which connects to the headlight high and low beam and adjusts the output based on the headlight switch position. This plugs into the DENALI auxiliary light harness but it wouldn't be beyond the whit of man to make a different harness

Zitat von Fugly im Beitrag #6

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That's a neat solution.

It's the Canbus accessory controllers that allow the adjustment of light output.

They can even change the output on non-PWN lights, a couple of my customers use the cheaper Volocan accessory controller and the basic two wire lights and can still adjust the output.

Another way is use a DENALI datadim module which connects to the headlight high and low beam and adjusts the output based on the headlight switch position. This plugs into the DENALI auxiliary light harness but it wouldn't be beyond the whit of man to make a different harness

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