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Ultimate 18v Bike Light!

Step 6Connecting Light, Switch and Battery

Connecting Light, Switch and Battery
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Now the (semi) hard part. Putting everything together.

  • Connect a wire from the switch to the socket on the lamp.
  • Extend the other socket connection out through the hole of the PVC cap.
  • Take the the other (free) wire from the switch and extend it through the PVC cap.

When you are done you should have 1 wire from the switch and 1 wire from the socket coming out through the hole. See the (BASIC) wiring diag pic for more info.

OPTIONAL - We used MOLEX (quick-connect) connectors between the light and the battery pack. If you don't have these you could simply hard-wire

Before you close things up, it would be worth it to test the unit out. Again, before plugging anything in be sure that your wires are not crossed or shorted! (heck put on those safety glasses too!)

Once everything looks good, you'll need to twist on the cap. My trick was to give the cap a couple of BACKWARDS twists before I screwed it on. If you don't do this the wires may can wrapped up while you're twisting things on.

Once the cap is on, give it another test to see if we're a go!
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