Installing connectors for your wiring: Difference between revisions

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The aftermarket turn signal lamps have three leads, and the motorcycle's electrical connection only has 2 lines. The third lead will be uninhabited on the bike-side connector, which is perfectly OK. It could be used for a [[I want to make the stock front flasher pods into ~~DRL's.~~|DRL line]] into the front signal light later. The third line will leave that option open.

The aftermarket turn signal lamps have three leads, and the motorcycle's electrical connection only has 2 lines. The third lead will be uninhabited on the bike-side connector, which is perfectly OK. It could be used for a [[I want to make the stock front flasher pods into DRLs|DRL line]] into the front signal light later. The third line will leave that option open.

These are the plastic Molex connectors. Here you can see the female connector on the left meeting the male connector on the right. The "wings" on the connector are for mounting the connectors on a PCB, or other plastic housing. As you're probably not mounting these connectors onto anything, you can clip them off.

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-The aftermarket turn signal lamps have three leads, and the motorcycle's electrical connection only has 2 lines. The third lead will be uninhabited on the bike-side connector, which is perfectly OK. It could be used for a [[I want to make the stock front flasher pods into DRL's.|DRL line]] into the front signal light later. The third line will leave that option open.
+The aftermarket turn signal lamps have three leads, and the motorcycle's electrical connection only has 2 lines. The third lead will be uninhabited on the bike-side connector, which is perfectly OK. It could be used for a [[I want to make the stock front flasher pods into DRLs|DRL line]] into the front signal light later. The third line will leave that option open.
 These are the plastic Molex connectors. Here you can see the female connector on the left meeting the male connector on the right. The "wings" on the connector are for mounting the connectors on a PCB, or other plastic housing. As you're probably not mounting these connectors onto anything, you can clip them off.