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I am trying to wire in an additional brake and indicator lights for my 1200 RT.
knowing that I should not mess with the CanBus system, I will stay away from using power from the brake light plug.
Where can I wire in power to the brake light and indicator lights without messing up Canbus?
if I use the aux power outlet, the lights will stay on all the time. Picture will help if you guys have any. Can I use the spare power plug under the rear seat for the top box strip light?
Appreciate the help
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Hey TC,
I do not believe, (not sure), that an LED additional brake light tied into the RT brake light will trip the Canbus. I believe, (again memory may be incorrect), that this worked om one of the bikes I added a light to. Again, it was an acccessory LED light, like the Clearwater Brake Buddy or similar.
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Otherwise, you would need to buy something like the Canopener (don’t laugh, that is what Clearwater calls it), to tie into the system and pull the brake light power from that.
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Good luck,
Karl -
If it helps, I spliced Hyperlight (LED tail and brake lights) directly into the existing brake light wires on my 2018 RT Everything works as it should. As I recall the only drama was deciding how to run the wires.
Hope that helps, Ed
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I did the same thing as Ed when I added an all-in-one license plate frame with added lights: brake light, turn signals, running light, and license plate light. I spliced them directly into the existing rear end lights. On the GS the wires are easily accessible under the rear seat.
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