Mini Review - LED Canbus Sidelights

alex · Oct 5, 2015

I bought these;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-HIGH-PO...ED-BULB-12V-501-W5W-SIDELIGHTS-/251442847277?

They do not work on our bikes, they either stay on, *with the key out*, or don't come on at all, I tried them fitted in all combinations of polarity to confirm this.
When in the only position they come on, they create a !LAMP condition and thus the "CANBUS" part of them is rubbish too.

I'll be send them back.

I have replaced them with white Halogens from Philips.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00MZQUU70

pof · Oct 5, 2015

Hold fire sending back. The lights go off after 2 mins. Its easy to get rid of lamp failure signal if you go into set up

alex · Oct 5, 2015

pof said:
Hold fire sending back. The lights go off after 2 mins. Its easy to get rid of lamp failure signal if you go into set up

2Mins? Ok to be fair I didn't wait that long. I can deal with the LAMP msg just didn't find they turned off, wasn't going to wait ages for it. So they hold a charge I take it?

pof · Oct 5, 2015

I did the same 2 weeks ago and put it on here. If i had 1 bulb and 1 led in it turned off with key, both leds and you can take key out. Wasnt until 1 person on here told me and someone on fb. Must be a residual charge from somewhere. As for bulb failure it is easy to knock off and it stays off by surpressing it.

alex · Oct 5, 2015

I've got the whole front end off at the moment - I'll test vs the halogen white's too and go with whichever. Another downside was that the LED is quite snug in the hole and I managed to lose the damn thing into the headlight unit, when I pulled the plug backwards and the LED caught on the housing - retrieving it was a ballache (need a flexible grabber thing). I know a Halogen won't have the same issue so I may just avoid the hassle of !LAMP suppression and fitment.