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Brake light wiring question
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:49 pm
by Drunkn Munky
Is it possible to wire a stop/tail bulb into a indicator housing? and if so how?
Re: Brake light wiring question
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:47 pm
by magg
Single filament indicator housing will not mate with dual filament stop/tail bulb. What are you trying to achieve?
Re: Brake light wiring question
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:58 pm
by Drunkn Munky
magg wrote:Single filament indicator housing will not mate with dual filament stop/tail bulb. What are you trying to achieve?
This

But its for a road bike so would like them to work as a stop/taillight.
Re: Brake light wiring question
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:50 pm
by magg
I take it that the bulbs in the lamps in your picture are single filament. The single filament bulb holder will not have two contacts to suit the twin filament bulb nor the correct keying. As they say, anything is possible with enough time and money LOL.
Your best bet is to find a dual filament socket that can be plugged into your lamp or easily modified to fit.
Having said that, adding twin contacts is possible and the keying issue can be overcome by modifying the twin filament bulbs.
Re: Brake light wiring question
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:01 pm
by Neosophist
magg wrote:I take it that the bulbs in the lamps in your picture are single filament. The single filament bulb holder will not have two contacts to suit the twin filament bulb nor the correct keying. As they say, anything is possible with enough time and money LOL.
Your best bet is to find a dual filament socket that can be plugged into your lamp or easily modified to fit.
Having said that, adding twin contacts is possible and the keying issue can be overcome by modifying the twin filament bulbs.
The NC24 front indicators take twin fillament bulbs... there a different shape but the socket should be usable
If your going to hack about then any socket for a twin filament bulb of the appropriate type can be used with some epoxy or something to bond it togheter