ST1300 FRONT MARKERS LED WHEELEN TIR3

TIR3 Vertical Mount LED Running Lights

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I believe that colors other than white light attract more attention than white light itself. If white attracted attention better than other colored light, then why do EMS vehicles use red, yellow or blue lights? My goal was not to end up with a pseudo-police bike, (even thought the feature set of these LED Heads has 12 built in patterns in each head, which is actually pretty cool), but to have a stronger than usual amber marker light on the front end which helps to further define the width/height of the bike, therefore emphasizing the side of the bike so on coming traffic can better judge my closing speed. We associate size with how close an object is to us and hopefully that will help them to not misjudge my speed and turn in front of me and get me killed. I notice that when people are in a hurry or distracted while driving, they don't take the proper amount of time to turn their heads to the right or left long enough to verify the road is truly clear of oncoming traffic. They do one of those super quick left-right head sweeps and then they pull out. While they are turning their head so quickly, something will really have to stand out to grab their attention. In that .5 to .25 second scan if where I want to stand out with a color which not be confused with a street light, light on the side of a house or other smaller "visual footprint" lighting devise. So this is another variation on the LIN3 theme. These are wired through a standard relay setup triggered by the low beam of the headlight. The front turn signals were not wired into these this time.

Whelen TIR3™ Series Super-LED® Lighthead - Amber

TIR3 Series is the tiny three Super-LED module with a big attitude. Encapsulated, waterproof, low current, TIR3 Super-LEDs are tough as nails so they’ll go to work for you anywhere on your vehicle, shrugging off moisture and road vibration.

FEATURES
■ Highly effective TIR3™ Super-LED® surface mount module. ■ Tiny size, dozens of applications. ■ Super-LED tough, low current,vibration and moisture resistant. ■ Stamped aluminum base. ■ Black polycarbonate mounting flange, standard (single). ■ 10 Scan-Lock™ flash patterns,plus steady-burn and synchronization wire for simultaneous or alternating TIR3 lightheads or other modules with similar synchronization capability.
■ Available in four safety colors. ■ Five year warranty.

SPECIFICATIONS - 390mA @ 13.6 VDC
FLASH PATTERNS
Scan-Lock™ - TIR3 lightheads have a special set of flash patterns, with each pattern available in two modes; Phase 1 and Phase 2. The patterns are changed with the WHT/VIO wire. All lightheads configured to display the Phase 1 mode of a given pattern will flash simultaneously. Any lightheads configured to display the Phase 2 mode of a pattern, will alternate with any Phase 1 lightheads with the same pattern.
Sync - Two lightheads (or more) can be synchronized, (configure both lightheads
to display the same Phase 1 or Phase 2 pattern in the same simultaneous or alternating mode).
Ten TIR3 Scan-Lock™ Flash Patterns, Plus Steady Burn
PATTERN MODE
SignalAlert™ . . . . . . . . . . . Phase 1 SignalAlert . . . . . . . . . . . .Phase 2
CometFlash® . . . . . . . . . . .Phase 1 CometFlash . . . . . . . . . .. . Phase 2
DoubleFlash . . . . . . . . . . . .Phase 1 DoubleFlash . . . . . . . . . . .Phase 2
SingleFlash . . . . . . . . . . . .Phase 1 SingleFlash . . . . . . . . . . . .Phase 2
ComAlert™ . . . . . . . . . . . . .Phase 1 ComAlert . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phase 2
Steady . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... Steady-burn

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I just want these lights to be steady burn, nothing more. I used the single mount bracket, drilled a hole in the top corned and reinstalled the bolt through the fender and into the front end frame. I hid the sync wire in the heat shrink, put a crimp connector on the "select wire", in case it jump to a flash pattern unexpectedly, and put a crimp connector on the +12v input and ground.

I made a little emergency cable to plug on the existing connectors which will allow me to reset the unit if it should end up in an unwanted flash mode.

Wiring diagram (left)

Finished project, I like it.