DRLs (Picking up on previous RAM scoop thread)

[nurse]

Addition of 1amp in line fuse in hand and under way!!

[nurse]

We can all rest easy previous con-fuse-ion sorted.  1amp in line fuse added, had to go back over a few of my previous steps, to get there, but get there I did!

You know the old saying if a jobs worth soldering, it's worth soldering, using blocks, wrapping in insulation tape, unwrapping, unsoldering, re soldering, re-wrapping - you get the picture.

[nurse]

Folks, need a little help.  Having ordered some silver indicator bulbs which flash yellow in prep for clear lenses (which are on their way,) I fitted and tested them this evening.  This is when my issues began. Every time the left indicator flashes the drls go out!  WTF! Then I figured I would try the horn.  Every time it beeps the lights also go out! Oh for feck sake,

Now I know there is no one to blame but myself, but having used my Haynes manual and the wiring diagram I really thought I had it sorted.  I used the pink and brown wires in the loom behind the right hand RAM scoop.
Can anyone tell me where/what I did wrong?..

Arnie can you remember where you chopped in your drls?

[Arnie]

I'll look and report back.  BTW  I can't see my drl's while riding, so they might be blinking out too.

Arnie

[nurse]

Think I have located the kill switch and starter loom circuit?  Would tapping into this circuit work?  Would have to be careful as there are 2 red/white cables one for starter button and one for kill switch.

Please jump in if I'm wrong on this but the kill switch would be open and run live with the ignition all the time!?

Whilst the starter will only be on when turning the bike over!

[Arnie]

Nurse,

This is the connector I tapped for power to the DRLs.
Brown is switched +12V, Black is earth
Looking at the frame with the right side scoop removed.

With the bike idling, the DRLs do NOT flash on/off with the turn indicators nor with the horn.

Arnie

[nurse]

Cheers Arnie, what year and model is yours, I will look in my Haynes and see if I can work out from the wiring diagram what that loom feeds! Don't recognise that colour Combo behind my scoops but I will check when I pop to the garage later!

[Arnie]

91B with pink stripe. 
I would guess that it connects the front brake, engine stop, and start switch.

[nurse]

Ok.  Well having trawled over the Haynes manual the only conclusion i can reach is that the European bikes had wiring of different colours as i cant marry up Arnies colours in his loom to anything on the wiring diagram.  However given the fact that its location, number of wires and direction of travel is the same as my kill switch/stater loom i would agree thats what it is.

The post 1991 3xw abs models in the UK have a 4 wire loom that runs to the kill switch/starter button assembly (other models may vary by country and dod vary by year). 

This is the one you want to use for this job. 

It has 2 wires which are red/white, one is blue/white, one is black.  Ignore the blue/white wire.  You need to identify by process of elimination (isnt that the spelling for having a poo?? ) which one or the 2 red/white wires is the kill switch.  I just feed a few strands of the wire from the LEDs into the back of the loom connector and swapped the combinations about  on them until i had it right (baring in mind LEDS only work one way round this was a bit of a fiddle and took a couple of minutes)

Well i now have working, fused, bright DRLS that dont blink on/off with the indicators or the horn!  Hooray