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Aux light plug?
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I was informed at an early age if you didn’t know what you were doing when messing around with volts, ohms, watts, amps and things it could make you walk and talk with Jesus. Now that might have been good advice but due to that well intended advice I know nothing about this stuff. I also find it very funny my brother is an Electrical Engineer. Anyway, this is a good thread and lots of good information and I almost went and just did it but the last time I did that well, you really don’t want to know.
I have the PIAA LP530 LED Lights with the wiring harness as shown in the photo below. I also have the compatible plug from Jim at Eastern Beaver which I hope to be able to use to connect directly to the existing OEM three prong accessory lights plug.
Can one of you that actually know please verify for me if what I show in the following photo is correct??? Which, if I understood the other post in this thread, would allow the lights to be turned on when the ignition switch is turned on without the engine running?
Thanks in advance for your kind help!
I have the PIAA LP530 LED Lights with the wiring harness as shown in the photo below. I also have the compatible plug from Jim at Eastern Beaver which I hope to be able to use to connect directly to the existing OEM three prong accessory lights plug.
Can one of you that actually know please verify for me if what I show in the following photo is correct??? Which, if I understood the other post in this thread, would allow the lights to be turned on when the ignition switch is turned on without the engine running?
Thanks in advance for your kind help!
Kevhunts
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That is exactly how I wired mine. Operates just like the the optional Yamaha kit.bahill said:
Thanks Kevhunts !!! ::012::Kevhunts said:
Next chance I get I'll light her up.
Antonio Montana
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I have what I hope is not a completely ignorant question. Could you simply attach the two wires with the ring terminals (black and red/white respectively) to the negative and positive terminals of the battery? (rather than posi-tapping into the black and red/white wires of the OEM plug). I purchased a PIAA LP530 driving light kit with a wiring harness that looks exactly like the one in your photo, but there were no installation instructions in the box. The PDF instructions on piaa.com show two BLACK wires with ring terminals that it says to attach to ground earth. Needless to say, I'm a little confused. At this point, I'm tempted to return the lights and start over with another brand. Any advice/instruction would be much appreciated.
Anthony
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Anthony, would you prefer using the factory connections Yamaha provides, or wire to the battery direct? By wiring like the picture above, and any ight assembly, using a relay is always better. The relay provides power to the switch, in another way than what we traditionally think, but it is good. With the LED light kit, you can just hook it up to the battery as they have. IIRC, they pre-wire the switch, so all you have to do is connect to battery. If you want to do it with long lasting results, contact JIm at eastern Beaver and ask for the connectors to plug into the Yamaha connectors from factory. Ask any question you want from us here, we are all here to help you if needed.Antonio Montana said:
Jeff
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Jeff, thanks for your response. Would I need just the connectors or the whole wiring harness from Eastern Beaver? If it's just the connectors, is attaching them to the PIAA wiring harness easy? Is there any substantive advantage to using the factory connector versus attaching the ring terminals to the battery and posi-tapping the white wire from the switch to the brown wire from the OEM aux light plug? Or would it make a difference if I tapped into all three wires at the OEM plug, and avoided attaching to the battery altogether? I checked Eastern Beaver's harness with the factory plug-ins and it's pretty pricey, so at this point I would rather save a little money, unless wiring the way I've described will be harmful or sub-par in some way. I ordered the light kit from the dealer and it supposedly came from Yamaha (has a sticker with a Yamaha stock number on it). I foolishly assumed since Yamaha was selling it, it might actually be specific to their bike or at least have some straightforward instructions. I was disheartened to find NO instructions in the box and confusing instructions that don't match the actual product on their website. Of course the fact that I don't know dick about electronics doesn't help!
Anthony
Anthony
I am sitting here with the same question Antonio. I have the OEM PIAA 530s without the three wire harness. I read on the subject for hours last night and am not sure what the best way to proceed is. Is the Eastern Beaver three wire plug just a pig tail that I splice onto the PIAA harness and then plug into the bikes three wire harness?Antonio Montana said:
Guys,
Posi-tapping anything runs risks of coming apart. Some people like them, but for me and a 100% worry free wire job, I like to stay as close to Factory type wiring connections as possible. It almost will never wiggle loose causing problems in the future. I have tried the other route with negative outcome. Most will agree with me here.
As for the Eastern beaver connectors, yes it is only a connector, actually, it is only the pin inserts that will slide into the plastic connector which you would use on the end of the wiring on the PIAA lights. See, Yamaha includes the extra plastic end which is plugged into the connector. Remove this connector as it will be empty of metal tabs on the inside. The metal tabs you get from eastern beaver simply need to be connected to the wires on the PIAA wiring, then simply slid into the empty plastic connector to "complete" the half which Yamaha supplies. Then plug your end into the other half on the bike and you are done.
http://www.easternbeaver.com/Main/Bike_Specific/Yamaha/yamaha.html
I hope this helps
Posi-tapping anything runs risks of coming apart. Some people like them, but for me and a 100% worry free wire job, I like to stay as close to Factory type wiring connections as possible. It almost will never wiggle loose causing problems in the future. I have tried the other route with negative outcome. Most will agree with me here.
As for the Eastern beaver connectors, yes it is only a connector, actually, it is only the pin inserts that will slide into the plastic connector which you would use on the end of the wiring on the PIAA lights. See, Yamaha includes the extra plastic end which is plugged into the connector. Remove this connector as it will be empty of metal tabs on the inside. The metal tabs you get from eastern beaver simply need to be connected to the wires on the PIAA wiring, then simply slid into the empty plastic connector to "complete" the half which Yamaha supplies. Then plug your end into the other half on the bike and you are done.
http://www.easternbeaver.com/Main/Bike_Specific/Yamaha/yamaha.html
I hope this helps
You can of course go the harness route which Jim at Eastern is selling, but you only need the metal tab inserts. If you are unsure of which connector tabs you need to get, simply email Jim and he will help. He is good like this. As he states, he does need a $20 minimum, so even pairing an order with the PC-8 is a good thing to do as well.
jasonmb
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I picked up some 6" lengths of wire with the correct spade post from the folks at vizi tech .. The gentleman who makes the brake modulator things. I simply used the existing yamaha white connector that comes with the bike .. Slide the pre made and crimped connector into hole and soldered to my light harness.. No 20 dollar order minimum and quick turn around. Was very reasonable priced and pleasant to deal with.
Ok, I didn’t have any other answer earlier so I ordered $20 dollars’ worth of male connectors from Beaver to hook up my PIAA light. I got six of them but only needed one. I figured someone around here would put them to good use. When I disassembled my factory hook ups I wondered if it only needed the pins and water proof connections to make it work but I had already made my order. Hope they ship quickly as I would like to have them working before the 15th. I may have four male connectors available soon.HoebSTer said:
I know a guy who needs one of those. ;DAbercrombie tenere said:
I have the Denali D2S LED's and plan on hooking to the battery and then using the supplied Posi-Tap to hook onto the Yamaha three prong brown wire for the switched 12V source. Does this sound OK? This thread has been very helpful. My thanks to all.
trasbeck
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OK, so is anyone powering their driving lights from a PC-8 fuseblock? I have ordered the PC-8 with the trigger connector that fits the aux light connector. It would seem I could pick up power for the Piaa 530's from the fuseblock. Right?
I have ordered the PC-8 just as you have and plan to run the lights from the fuse block as I have on past bikes. Did you get the 530's from the dealer?trasbeck said:
trasbeck
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Haven't purchased them yet. Plan is to install fuseblock, then hook up existing Gerbings, add a SAE connector, figure out which lights and loud horn I want, maybe grip heaters?
Goldwing
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I have a 2014 ES, SpeedStar posted a pic of the 3 and 4 pin Hitachi plug, 3 pin Aux plug and 4 pin heated grip plug.
I can't find the 3 pin aux plug on my 2014 ES, does it exist????
TIA
I can't find the 3 pin aux plug on my 2014 ES, does it exist????
TIA
I have seen reports from other members that the 2014s do have the 3 pin plug. Yamaha does a pretty good job of tucking it in at the factory; it will be between the battery and tool compartment.Goldwing said: