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Old 28-12-08, 09:06 PM   #1
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Default New plate light has only one wire?

Hi All

I'm fitting an undertray to my curvey and bought a new reg plate light from HG. Thing is the new light only has one wire on it?
The wire on the bike for the OE plate light has what I would expect i.e. two wires, one live one earth.
Now am I missing something here, the only way I can think of to get this to work is connect the live to the wire on the new light then connect the earth to the frame of the bike which just seams daft.

Any ideas?
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Old 28-12-08, 09:34 PM   #2
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Earths through fixing bolts perhaps???
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Old 28-12-08, 10:05 PM   #3
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Earths through fixing bolts perhaps???
+1, maybe. Is the light body metal, perhaps it's just intended to be fitted onto the frame?

Or maybe there's a wire missing.
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But that would mean I have to somehow attach the earth from the bike on to the fixing bolt? Again I don't see that being right.
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Old 28-12-08, 10:34 PM   #5
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Default Re: New plate light has only one wire?

Is it an LED? They have tiny wires. Maybe it's two thin wires together? My LED number plate light has tiny wires
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Old 28-12-08, 10:41 PM   #6
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Is it an LED? They have tiny wires. Maybe it's two thin wires together? My LED number plate light has tiny wires
No just normal bulb and the wire is standard multi strand wire, not multi core just multi strand.
I'll see if I can get a pic.
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Old 28-12-08, 11:21 PM   #7
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crap plate light get another
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Old 28-12-08, 11:22 PM   #8
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The bike should be earthed to the frame anyway so the light will probably earth to the frame, meaning it will only need a 12v+ feed to work.
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Old 28-12-08, 11:23 PM   #9
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number plate light is mounted to a plastic snow shovel tho?
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Old 29-12-08, 12:07 AM   #10
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Default Re: New plate light has only one wire?

Fair point Kwak, wasn't sure how they mounted on a curvy.

Take it back and get one with 2 wires! Though it wouldn't be hard to earth it to the frame.

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