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Wiring for Gen III Headlight Relay
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<blockquote data-quote="ionbeam" data-source="post: 1299684" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>Yes, the LCU is new for the '16. It remains to be seen if these are coupled with the Inertial Measure Unit just for the lean angle illumination or if they also contain power supplies for the LED lighting as well.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Some people say that they have been told that the electrical system of the '16 is backwards, there may be some truth to this.</p><p></p><p>The power supplies everyone is familiar with are 'voltage regulated', the output is set for 12 volts and the circuit regulates to 12 volts no matter how the current varies. With LEDs, they are ideally 'current regulated' where the current for an LED array would be fixed at say, 1.5 amps, and that is what is supplied to illuminate the LEDs, letting the voltage run free and vary as it may. This may be part of the function of the LCU, to feed regulated current to the LEDs and manage the brightness this way.</p><p></p><p>Right now I'm making laser diode power supplies (first kin to LEDs) and the power supplies may only be 2 to 10 volts but the laser diodes are set at, and highly regulated to 100 amps, 250 amps, 800 amp; some specific number that is determined by the laser diode specs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ionbeam, post: 1299684, member: 277"] Yes, the LCU is new for the '16. It remains to be seen if these are coupled with the Inertial Measure Unit just for the lean angle illumination or if they also contain power supplies for the LED lighting as well. Some people say that they have been told that the electrical system of the '16 is backwards, there may be some truth to this. The power supplies everyone is familiar with are 'voltage regulated', the output is set for 12 volts and the circuit regulates to 12 volts no matter how the current varies. With LEDs, they are ideally 'current regulated' where the current for an LED array would be fixed at say, 1.5 amps, and that is what is supplied to illuminate the LEDs, letting the voltage run free and vary as it may. This may be part of the function of the LCU, to feed regulated current to the LEDs and manage the brightness this way. Right now I'm making laser diode power supplies (first kin to LEDs) and the power supplies may only be 2 to 10 volts but the laser diodes are set at, and highly regulated to 100 amps, 250 amps, 800 amp; some specific number that is determined by the laser diode specs. [/QUOTE]
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