{"id":1633,"date":"2010-07-02T09:59:09","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T14:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2012-09-02T12:07:19","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T17:07:19","slug":"how-to-black-out-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/2010\/07\/how-to-black-out-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"How-To: Black-Out Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"
Simplifying the redundant stock wiring harness on my CB500T was absolutely necessary in my mind when I started planning out my build.\u00a0I ditched\u00a0the stock handle bar switches and replaced them with 2\u00a0toggles to control power to the lights and coil seperately.\u00a0Here’s a basic overview of the light switch… a lo\/kill\/hi switch. Besides being able to black-out my lights \/ run from the cops switch, it also comes in handy to conserve battery power while adjusting the timing or having to start the bike on a low battery.<\/p>\n
1. Double Pole\u00a0Double Throw (DPDT) switch. I bought mine from McMaster-Carr<\/a>. The switch has 6 poles and 3 switch positions (ON-OFF-ON).\u00a0 For comparison, the wired switch, pictured below, \u00a0is a Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT)\u00a0which has 3 poles and can only switch 1 circuit.<\/p>\n 2. The DPDT switch has the functionality to switch 2 circiuts which is what I needed.<\/p>\n Circuit #1: low beam –\u00a0OFF – high beam.<\/p>\n Circuit #2: tail\/gauge lights –\u00a0OFF – tail\/gauge lights.<\/p>\n Here is the switch wired up. The black wire (1 to 2 wire) is hot when the ignition is on and feeds both poles. So to explain, the first ON position turns on the low beam and tail\/gauge lights and the second ON position turns on the high beam and tail\/gauge lights.<\/p>\n