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May 19th, 2013, 09:47 PM
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ninjette.org member
Name: stefan
Location: North idaho. North Dakota
Join Date: Nov 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2009 ninja 250 blue Posts: 31
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integrated tailight killing battery
I installed an integrated taillight a few days ago and not sure what I did wrong. After a few hours my battery keeps dieing and I need to jump it. This never happened before the light so I know that the light is the problem, or at least my wiring. I got some relays from Oriellys hooked up so that the leds flash when my blinkers are on but they flash really fast. Did i buy the wrong relays and that is what is killing my battery?
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May 20th, 2013, 02:00 AM
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ninjette.org member
Name: Kelvin
Location: Vancouver
Join Date: May 2013 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250 Posts: 15
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Do you have LEDS on all of your indicators? That means it will be necessary to use the diode method do a search it up - but if your indicators flash that shouldn't be necessary. This was the flasher I used:
http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/Ca...62D_0217779968 As for your battery issue...did you leave your key in during installation? Have to ask all possibilities  .
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May 20th, 2013, 04:35 AM
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ninjette.org sage
Name: Wes
Location: Sumter SC
Join Date: Apr 2012 Motorcycle(s): 650r 2009 Vulcan 800 2005 Posts: 557
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Do both sides of the LED turn signals flash at the same time? If so, temporarily remove your dashboard turnsignal lamp and see if they now blink correctly (but fast). If so, you need to install a pair of diodes where the turn signal lamp is in the dash... http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showt...ht=turn+signal If the blink too fast, it is because the LEDs have less load than the stock lamps and the turn signal flasher thinks that a lamp is burned out. Replace the flasher with one designed for LEDs, or install load resistors... better to replace the flasher. Wes
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May 20th, 2013, 08:44 AM
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ninjette.org member
Name: stefan
Location: North idaho. North Dakota
Join Date: Nov 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2009 ninja 250 blue Posts: 31
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They flash separately just fast. Where would a get a flasher that is made for leds? The flasher is that little black box right? 7if I got a flasher would I get rid of the relay?
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May 20th, 2013, 09:29 AM
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ninjette.org guru
Name: Danny
Location: San Francisco, CA
Join Date: Dec 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250R Posts: 263
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Flasher and relay are the same thing here in this context. Just get the EP34. Autozone will have it. Not sure about OReilly.
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May 23rd, 2013, 02:51 PM
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ModMy250.com
Name: Tri
Location: St, Louis
Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R, 2005 R6 Posts: A lot.
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It all depends on how you wired in your relay. The OEM circuit does not connect the relay directly to the battery. There's no way the relay can be causing the drain unless you connected a wire to it on your own. See the link in my sig for a plug and play flasher relay that won't give you problems.
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May 23rd, 2013, 03:25 PM
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ninjette.org sage
Name: .
Location: .
Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 Ninja 250R SE GREEN! Posts: 562
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Do you have one long light where you're blinking half of it or separate lights for signals? If you have separate lights you wired it wrong with the wrong relay, you need a new flasher and ditch the other ones. The LEDs wire in like the old signals.
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May 23rd, 2013, 10:51 PM
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ninjette.org member
Name: stefan
Location: North idaho. North Dakota
Join Date: Nov 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2009 ninja 250 blue Posts: 31
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i bought the ep34 and will try installing it tomorrow and will let you guys know how that goes.
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