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GypsySamuraiAnt

Member Since: 31 Mar 2015
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 131

2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Indus Silver

LED Stop/Tail lamp wiring question

Hi folks,

I recently purchased a Wipac LED stop/tail lamp however it arrived with 3 bare wires compared to the factory lamp with 2 wires and a connecting plug as per the picture below;

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I have found an ebay seller to sort the plug issue but wondering how to wire it up. Or should I have ordered the Wipac fog lamp with red lens? Does that come with only 2 wires?

Cheers,
Ant.

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6th Feb 2016 4:05am

midlife

Member Since: 15 Apr 2015
Location: Cork
Posts: 122

Fog lamp single filament bulb hence two wires and different diffuse red lens. Stop/ tail light twin filament one for each function hence 3 wires

6th Feb 2016 5:45am

Alien

Member Since: 18 Jan 2015
Location: Bacchus Marsh
Posts: 230

Given the picture and reading between the lines I assume this is a replacement for the fog lamp.
If this is the case you should use the brake and earth wires for the new lamp.
The 3rd wire will be for the tail/running light, it's not bright enough for a fog lamp application.

As a side note I fitted a reverse light to the fog lamp position and wired it to suit on mine. Cheers,
Kyle.

6th Feb 2016 7:01am

Martin
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Member Since: 02 Apr 2007
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 6605

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red

You're replacing a single function lamp (fog) with a twin function lamp (stop + tail) so yes there are more wires

LED Single function lamps are available or you can wire just the brake element up on the lamp you have and leave one wire not connected.

1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top

2015 D90 XS SW

6th Feb 2016 8:34am

GypsySamuraiAnt

Member Since: 31 Mar 2015
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 131

Thanks for the replies and I think I get it now.

So if you had to hazard a guess, which two wires would you say connect the tail lamp filament to the factory black & grey wires?

6th Feb 2016 9:38am

Martin
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Member Since: 02 Apr 2007
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 6605

I think the colour code is moulded into the back of the lamp. And you want the stop element not tail element

1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top

2015 D90 XS SW

6th Feb 2016 9:47am

GypsySamuraiAnt

Member Since: 31 Mar 2015
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 131

Spot on Martin! Black and red it is.

Thanks again,
Ant.

6th Feb 2016 9:53am

leeds

Member Since: 28 Dec 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 8581

The LED light units I have seen tend to have the wiring information embossed on the back of the unit.

LEDs are polarity sensitive, in your case you have two positive leads and one negative lead. There are 6 possible way of connecting those wires to a battery only 2 ways will energise the light. One way will be to tail light and one way the brake light. So a case of battery some wire and two croc clips?

However would it be simpler to buy the correct unit with the correct connector already fitted?

Brendan

6th Feb 2016 9:54am

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