Sonreir said:Diodes ensure that current flows only in one direction.
In this case, it lets your neutral switch act as a ground for the neutral indicator light as well as sidestand switch and relay, but without either of those things grounding each other in the process. When your sidestand relay is removed, the diode can come out, too. The ground side of the neutral indicator light can then be routed directly to the neutral switch.
Hoosier Daddy said:Just saw this thread and have a Suzuki 4 cylinder basic schematic to contribute.
Let me know if it has already been submitted and I'll delete it to keep from clogging this great thread.
Rich Ard said:How is the neutral light powered?
Sonreir said:High beam indicator needs a feed from the high beam, too. Start button doesn't usually need a ground as it's grounded through the bars. There shouldn't be a brown wire for the headlight, either. Brown wire is for parking lights, so if you put a brown wire on the headlight, you'll drain the battery if you switch the key to park. Headlight needs a black wire or to be fed from the handlebar switch. I'm pretty sure the SL350 K0 had on/off switch for the headlight as well as dimmer.
Oh I didn't know that, so how does the running tail light get power? I see how the rear brake works...Sonreir said:Brown wire doesn't have power unless you have the ignition switch in 'park', so if you're wanting an always on setup, remove all the brown wires on the bike and replace with black.