Adding DC LED spots to a KTM rally bike AC system.

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Extremelights

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Andrew and Justin from Team 525 has approached us with the problem of connecting our LED lights to their KTM’s. Thier team was going to compete in the Amageza 2015 Rally. The problem was that the KTM’s electrical system is a raw Alternating Current and the Direct Current converter can only provide about 30W. Our motorcycle lights runs from 10-24 Volts Direct Current. The Direct Current converter on the KTM 525’s are not designed to power lights.

We decided to get on board and help the team out by getting our in house engineer to build them a small AC to DC converter that will power two of our Premium Mini Motorcycle Spot 10W units directly from the 35w high beam.

The concept is simple: Use a bridge rectifier to change the AC from the standard High Beam bulb to DC and send that to the two LED lights. The two mini spots takes 20W total and the halogen bulbs uses 35w. Which frees up 15w of power.

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What you will need: RS Components have a local branch which can deliver most of the items in 3-5 days. Pricey but very convenient.

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