07-24-2020, 04:37 AM
It appears that the high-beam + lead for the 2017 LED headlight module has power whether or not the high beam switch is activated. It has been suggested to me that Honda may be using a ground wire to switch the power to the high beam. Apparently this is common on the FJR's with LED headlights.
Thanks to Paris and his 2018 post about installing a headlight modulator, I have the wiring diagram for the 2017 LED headlight and it shows a green wire as the ground (-) for the high beam.
Has anyone had the need to figure out if the 2017 EX model does in fact use the ground switching method and if so, is that #1 green ground wire the right one to use?
For context, I'm wiring up my Clearwater Darla lights and the manual controller knob is set up to connect to the high beam power lead so the lights to to full brightness whenever you switch on the high beams. When I wire the lights per their instructions, the knob doesn't work at all because of the power flowing to the high beam lead full-time.
Thanks to Paris and his 2018 post about installing a headlight modulator, I have the wiring diagram for the 2017 LED headlight and it shows a green wire as the ground (-) for the high beam.
Has anyone had the need to figure out if the 2017 EX model does in fact use the ground switching method and if so, is that #1 green ground wire the right one to use?
For context, I'm wiring up my Clearwater Darla lights and the manual controller knob is set up to connect to the high beam power lead so the lights to to full brightness whenever you switch on the high beams. When I wire the lights per their instructions, the knob doesn't work at all because of the power flowing to the high beam lead full-time.