Rich,
Just finished rewiring my lightbar on my 900. I erred in describing its operation earlier. It came on with the key.
No, the dealer did not use a relay. From info in an earlier posting, they must've wired it per the Cobra instructions and wired it directly into the front running lights.
This seemed to work okay, but one of the bulbs burned out coming back on my 3700+ mile ride to Seattle. Any idea how hard it is to find 25W H-3s (which were in the spotlights)? I found it impossible. Tried a 55W, but blew the fuse. Finally found a 35W, but didn't want to go through the hassle of taking off my luggage along side the road in order to get the seat off to change a fuse, so finished the trip with the headlight and one spotlight.
Did the rewiring per your recommendations, i.e. plugged the relay into the accessory connection in the headlight bucket. Works great!! I did use the running lights for the switch, but after reading all these posting, am considering rewiring the switch to a headlight source which is hot on both high and low beams.
A question which probably will show my ignorance. Instead of seeking out the blue w/ yellow tracer wire, which isn't in the bucket on the 900, why can't I tap into the headlight ground wire, right in the headlight bucket where I've got the relay, to trigger the relay? That wire should be hot with both high and low beams shouldn't it?
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