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Rear LED Tail Lights

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Re: Rear LED Tail Lights

Post by Colin » Thu Mar 16, 2017 10:24 am

+ve onto the green cable coming out of the tail light ,  - side of the capacitor onto the black cable ,
try not to leave any bare cable exposed  electrical insulation tape ,
Mine were soldered on  then some heat shrink covering
capacitors were fitted on the cables coming out from the new lights and before the main car loom plug .
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Re: Rear LED Tail Lights

Post by dark_stranger » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:21 pm

[quote="Colin"]
+ve onto the green cable coming out of the tail light ,  - side of the capacitor onto the black cable ,
try not to leave any bare cable exposed  electrical insulation tape ,
Mine were soldered on  then some heat shrink covering
capacitors were fitted on the cables coming out from the new lights and before the main car loom plug .
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These are the cables I have. The capacitor has 1 long and 1 short leg.  What leg is the positive/negative prongs.

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Re: Rear LED Tail Lights

Post by X5Sport » Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:47 pm

If following proper electronics convention then the longer leg is +ve.  May also be a '+' symbol on the body, or a strip with '+' symbols, or a coloured strip with a '-' symbol.

That help?

If you get it wrong it just goes pop!  :-[
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