Step 1
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Before beginning make sure your
headlight is working properly on "high" and "low" beam.
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Step 2
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Mount the enclosed adhesive pad to
the backside of the Diamond Star modulator unit. Then find a
convenient location near the motorcycle headlight to secure the
modulator to the motorcycle. Make sure the location selected is
suitable for mounting the unit with the double-sided adhesive pad, and
when mounted will not interfere with steering or other controls.
Assure the mounting surface area is clean and free of grease or oil
prior to attaching adhesive pad (adhesive pad will gain 50% of its
strength within 30 minutes of placement and will be fully cured in 24
hours.).
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Step 3
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Using a
test light, locate and note the color of the headlight's high and
low beam "hot" (+) wires.
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Step 4
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As a precautionary measure,
disconnect the battery's Hot positive (+) lead, to eliminate any
possibility of accidentally shorting out any hot wires or terminals
during installation.
Note: Before beginning the wire
installation you should consider the following. We have provided crimp
wire connectors. The use of these connectors is optional. The other
accepted method to splicing wires is to solder them. In either case we
have provided ample lengths of wire to connect this modulator to your
headlight. One further note of caution, if any bare wires are exposed
as a result of this installation, wrap the exposed wires with
electrical tape to prevent any possibility of a short circuit.
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Step 5
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HIGH BEAM
INSTALLATION
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Install two of the
"blue female T-Tap connectors" on the high beam "hot" wire near the
headlight.
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Remove about a 1/4" of insulation
and crimp a "light blue male disconnect terminal" onto the "solid
red wire" from the modulator unit and connect it to the T-Tap on
the high beam supply wire, by pushing it into the female receptacle
of the T-Tap.
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Likewise, remove a 1/4" of
insulation and crimp a "light blue male disconnect terminal" onto
the "red & white striped wire" from the modulator unit and
connect it to the T-Tap connected on the wire going to the
headlight. After installing the T-Taps cut the wire between them
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Step 6
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GROUND WIRE
INSTALLATION
It is very important that the
modulator unit is properly grounded. Without the unit being properly
grounded some of the internal safe guards could be disabled. A
suitable ground, is the ground wire going to the headlight. Use the
"dark blue, quick spice connector" and connect the "black" wire from
the module to the ground wire of the headlight.
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Step 7
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Photo-ptic
Sensor INSTALLATION
When mounting the photo-optic sensor,
consideration should be given to the fact that this sensor needs to
sample ambient daylight conditions. If the sensor is placed in a light
confining location the sensor will be less sensitive to actual light
conditions.
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For those motorcycles equipped with
a separate headlight bulb housing, an ideal location for the sensor
is to drill a 5/16" hole in the base of the headlight housing, and
mount the sensor from the inside out, with the sensor eye pointing
outward.
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For those motorcycles with a
fairing mounted headlight, locate a spot just under the headlight
and secure the sensor.
These two mounting locations are only
suggestions; you can mount the sensor in any location that meets your
requirements. No matter what your preference for mounting, the sensor
should be mounted with the optic lens pointed downward, and at least
18 inches above the road surface.
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Step 8
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REMOTE SWITCH
INSTALLATION
Selecting a mounting location of the remote switch is totally
subjective to each owner's preference; Therefore specific installation
instruction shall not be given. The toggle switch should be mounted
with the "Green wire" at the top and the "Red wire" at the bottom.
When the "toggle switch" is mounted in place, the "OFF" position
should be at the Top toggle position. A "switch position" decal has
been provided for placement along side of the switch. This decal
identifies switch position and functions.
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Step 9
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SECURE WIRE BUNDLE - for a neater
appearance, secure the loose wires from the modulator unit with the
provided tie wraps. Check and make sure all wires are secure and do
not interfere with steering or controls.
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Special instructions for bikes
that have headlight(s) that stay on any time the key switch is on
regardless of the high / low beam selector switch: (Such as the
Honda GL 1800)
1.Connect
the headlight modules red wire to the positive source for the
headlight(s) that stay on all of the time.
2. Connect the headlight modules
red wire with white stripe to the headlight(s) that stay on all of
the time.
3. Cap off and do not use the
blue or blue with white strip wires.
This
will only allow the lights that are on all of the time to flash.
This is necessary because connecting all lights would overload the
module, and cause both sets to flash out of sequence with each other
which would not be legal.
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