29/07/2013
After seeing the results I got from lighting up Irma, I decided it was time to give Crash a little bit of the same treatment, but with a twist.
Heading back to to the same site I obtained Irma's lights from, I decided to go a little bit over the top and give Crash a full lighting makeover. For this I ordered the following:
The kit comes with a cigarette lighter attachment which will allow it to be connected a battery installed in the trailer, allowing me to run the lighting system without putting any strain on the bike's battery.
It also comes with a remote control, allowing the lights to be controlled either from on the bike, or more importantly, while off the bike.
About a week after ordering, the light kit turned up. Compared to the kit I installed on Irma, this kit was a breeze to install. All wiring was "click fit". No cutting, stripping and joining wires...just work out where you want the lights fitted and snap on the appropriate length of wiring.
After working through a couple of different configurations, I settled on running the lights order the outside edge of the trailer. Configuring the lights this way, the maximum amount of light can be thrown around the edge of the trailer and all the wiring can be secured where it won't get caught on anything while loading and unloading the trailer.
One of the advantages of getting an Outback variant of the Bandicoot trailer is the water carrier on the back. Because of the carrier, the area where the number plate is usually fitted is moved, however, the original wiring hole is still available for use. This allows the wiring from the lights to be fed into the trailer body without any drilling, making it easy to connect the wiring to an internally installed battery.
Cover plate removed, wiring fed into the trailer and wiring joined to the cigarette lighter adapter, it was time to test the lights.
I don't know what you think but....
It will certainly make the trailer easy to find in the dark.
If this is too hard to find, what about this....
or maybe this...
All up 16 different colours, all able to be selected individually with a single click of the remote control.
If that's too boring, you can also select to scroll through each colour every second or so.
I that's too tame, you could always select to scroll through all 16 colours in about 4 seconds.....probably not a good idea if the police are around or you suffer from seizures.
All up about $170 to put lights on the trailer and a battery to run them from.
Next step will be to work out some way of keeping the battery charge and to fit the battery permanently.
Thursty
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