Wiring
Wiring
First Make the female end of the cable.
Positive wire 46cm long
earth wire 36cm long
Heat shrink tube 18cm
I decided to mark the positive side on the poly sidelight bulb holder. In case LEDs are fitted.
I cut the Heat shrink tube to 18cm 16cm of it will be outside the light the rest inside.
The Heat shrink tube was not shrinking very much with the hair dryer, I heated it above a ring on the cooker.
Adding a zip tie inside the light stops the cable being pulled out.
Before pulling the wire back through add a ring connector to the earth and the male pin to the positive.
To get the earth connection I decided to undo one of the elliptical lens screws and put the ring connector behind that screw. If you prefer you could always solder into the original earth wires. I added electrical conductive grease on both sides of the ring connector.
Push the male pin into the lights main connector.
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