Tail lights and leds

[Dammit33_imp]

I recently purchased an led strip for the stop run and turn signals, and it does not have separate ground wires for the turn signals, and as such they do not work. The run and stop lights work fine. Is there some way to make this work?
The led strip wires are:
1- ground
1- run light
1- stop light
1- l turn
1- r turn

[ClassicVW_imp]

Is it a known brand, or something form China via eBay? If you mention the brand and where you got it from, someone here may recognize it as something they already purchased and be able to help.

In my experience with them they usually just work off the one ground contact wire, you may have a bad unit or one specifically made for a certain brand only, like BMW.

[Razor]

Check the polarity of the stock wiring. Make sure the positive leads from the turn signals are the ones you're connecting. A check with a volt meter or light will help out.

Good luck!

[Dammit33_imp]

It's a universal install led strip.

[beardyweirdy@me.com_imp]

The polarity of the Turn signal leads on my 2014EX were switched. + as per the manual was neg. Try your meter on it, or just flip them and see what happens. You might blow a fuse...

[Dammit33_imp]

Wires are as I assumed, green ground and colored positive. I've tried to wire it a few ways but all I seem to be doing is blowing fuses....

[Elipten_imp]

I found the turn signal wires polarity flipped on the 2014 versus the 2013 std. I wrote this up and yes the shop manuals are not correct.


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[ClassicVW_imp]

Wires are as I assumed, green ground and colored positive. I've tried to wire it a few ways but all I seem to be doing is blowing fuses....

On a couple of past motorcycles I assumed green was ground and I was wrong. You need to use a tester to see which wire is hot when you switch the circuit "ON".

[hxd148_imp]

On my 14 I found that the wires on the bike side of the harness were correct but the plugs themseleves were wired backwards from the factory. On my bike I kept blowing fuses until I used the Green wire for power and the other colors for the ground. This solved the problem.