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Dale M Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 38 Age : 83 Location : SE Iowa Points : 5321 Registration date : 2010-06-19
| Subject: What if trunk light is left on! Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:08 pm | |
| This has already happened. Evidently I didn't push down on the seat hard enough to latch it. Fortunately it was only a couple of hours but what if it would have been all night, would the Swing still start! The battery is 12V 10ah and the trunk bulb 3.4 watts or .28 amps. After some research, I think ampere hours is amps times hours. So if you take .28 amps times say 35 hours, you get almost 10 ampere hours which is max for the Swing battery. 35 hours is approx a day and a half that the trunk light would be on. So, if your battery is fully charged (remember the clock is running) you'd probably have at least a full day before the Swing would not start. Course this is ballpark. Now, has anyone else worked this out! Is the above reasonable!!!! Dale M |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:13 pm | |
| Almost everyone I hear of takes the bulb out. I have a flashlight. |
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dspevack Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 2008 Age : 59 Location : Miami, FL Points : 8203 Registration date : 2008-12-27
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:17 pm | |
| You know, at this point I almost hate to point you to the other board for anything, but.... we actually have solved the problem.
http://silverwing.org/cgi-bin/topic_show.pl?tid=727 |
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JeffR Site Admin
Number of posts : 2598 Age : 65 Location : Bay Area, Ca Points : 8661 Registration date : 2008-12-19
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:26 pm | |
| Dan, Both of your links just go to the main page of the www.silverwing.org site. So I think his links won't work here anymore. |
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Croxford Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 13 Points : 5263 Registration date : 2010-07-02
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:01 pm | |
| The LED replacement for the under seat bulb is T10x31. Here's a thread from the other S/W forum:
http://silverwing.org/cgi-bin/topic_show.pl?tid=3264
It should draw far less power and looks to be quite a bit brighter.
JC |
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JeffR Site Admin
Number of posts : 2598 Age : 65 Location : Bay Area, Ca Points : 8661 Registration date : 2008-12-19
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:04 pm | |
| JC, The owner of the silverwing.org site won't allow links to work at his site. Your link, like Dan's, just goes to the main page. Thanks. |
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masscoot Silver Wing Rider
Number of posts : 438 Location : Central New England Points : 6174 Registration date : 2009-03-24
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:11 pm | |
| replacement trunk light switch |
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KurtPerthWA Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 1711 Age : 75 Location : Belmont, Perth WA Points : 8150 Registration date : 2009-01-19
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:29 pm | |
| I have mounted an independant switch next to the lamp and installed a LED globe. Because I am paranoid Ive got a small flashing LED next to the seatlock just in case I haven't closed the seat properly |
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Croxford Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 13 Points : 5263 Registration date : 2010-07-02
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:32 pm | |
| - JeffR wrote:
- JC,
The owner of the silverwing.org site won't allow links to work at his site. Your link, like Dan's, just goes to the main page. Thanks. OK. More than one way to skin a cat. Here's a picture I found of a T10x31 LED bulb that will fit the under seat storage area light of a Silver Wing. And this shot is apparently the brightness of a T10x31 in action. I hope this is helpful. I have found the T10x31 listed in the PIAA catalog so it should be available almost anywhere... JC |
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dspevack Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 2008 Age : 59 Location : Miami, FL Points : 8203 Registration date : 2008-12-27
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:54 am | |
| On the other site, go into "parts and accessories" and then "Interior trunk light replacement with switch." It will show you a direct swap out replacement fixture that includes a switch. |
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edbancro Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 160 Location : Western Pennsylvania Points : 5677 Registration date : 2009-10-30
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:58 am | |
| - JeffR wrote:
- JC,
The owner of the silverwing.org site won't allow links to work at his site. Your link, like Dan's, just goes to the main page. Thanks. Manually copying and pasting the links will make them work.
Last edited by edbancro on Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:44 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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DennisB Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 2778 Age : 74 Location : NE Oklahoma Points : 9090 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:05 am | |
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masscoot Silver Wing Rider
Number of posts : 438 Location : Central New England Points : 6174 Registration date : 2009-03-24
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:05 am | |
| Thanks Dennis, that makes things easier. |
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Dale M Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 38 Age : 83 Location : SE Iowa Points : 5321 Registration date : 2010-06-19
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:47 am | |
| Wow, good stuff. I like the LED replacement. Thanks. |
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dspevack Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 2008 Age : 59 Location : Miami, FL Points : 8203 Registration date : 2008-12-27
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:55 am | |
| Thank You Dennis. Didn't realize it was already here. |
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crahar Super Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 283 Age : 76 Location : Beaumont, Texas Points : 5849 Registration date : 2009-08-31
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:52 am | |
| Like the led light, also think I'll put a switch in when changing the bulb. I use Linux Mint with Firefox and it goes to the links with no problem by default, at least I haven't made any changes that I know of. Craig |
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Dale M Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 38 Age : 83 Location : SE Iowa Points : 5321 Registration date : 2010-06-19
| Subject: Re: What if trunk light is left on! Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:23 pm | |
| Masscoot... thanks for the link, bout all I had to do was give them my credit card number. Very convenient to be able to turn the light on and off. |
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