do I need to hook the yellow wire to the battery for it to remember the last color/pattern? I ran red/blk to the ign so it couldnt be left on. Thx!
790665
You shouldnt need the yellow or green wires at all, unless you want to hook the light bar up to your turn signals. You just want to hook it up so you can see all the cool stuff it does right? Just run red wire to positive battery terminal and black wire to negative battery terminal. It should come right on. Use A to turn it on and off, C to change colors, D to change speed and B to change pattern. This light is very cool I promise. Its the best one of the 3 that i have had so far.
790666
I used to have one hooked up to a switch because it didnt come with a remote. The second one I got did but I still had it hooked up to a switch and i did use it a few times to kill the power to it and didnt seem to loose the pattern it was on. I just didnt bother running another switch when i got my second mazda 6. Its an LED bar, it wont use much power. I left mine on for 8 hours one time and it didnt even make a dent in my battery. Often i will leave it on for at least 4 hours at a time. I wouldnt worry too much about leaving it on actually.
790667
the red is the power should go to the battery or a hot wire, the black is the ground wire just screw it any where metal, the green and yellow wires are for the turn signals if u were to hook it up to those, i dont believe wiring up a different wire will remember a pattern whenever i turn mine on its always on the last setting i had it on
790668
I installed mine in the grille on my mazda 6. I did nothing with the yellow and green wires. All I did was run red wire to my red battery terminal and black wire to my black battery terminal. Mine remembers the last setting when I hit A to turn it off so yours should too. This is the 3rd time I have installed a light bar like this and all of them remembered the last setting after switching off.
1537555
You can leave it in as long as needed. The light will change color when the battery is fully charged. However, once it is fully charged, it should be removed because overcharging can damage the battery and shorten its life.
360440
The light is either going to be red, yellow, or green. I can only assume that green indicates a charged battery. If it's yellow it's running low and needs to be charged. I usually just charge it in the car on my way to the gym and it's never died on me. Hope this helps.
232767
Solid yellow light means the battery is charging. I think the other indicators going off after a minute or two is "normal" operation. Mine does the same thing. I would kind of like the information display to stay illuminated. But you can always "refresh" it by pressing the left most button. I'd prefer I didn't have to walk around the car to do so.
2141719
When you say you plugged it in, does this mean you wired it to the battery? Or did you plug the charging connector to the connector on your battery, or did you wire it and plug something into it? If 1. you wired it to the battery, you wired the positive connection to ground. As soon as you turned it on you completed the circuit and burned the smallest wire. 2. You plugged the charging connector to opposite connections and you got positive wired to ground. 3. The item you plugged into the unit has a direct short from positive to ground and you burned that item out. Follow the instructions very carefully. Connect the red lead to the positive + side of the battery. Connect the black lead to the negative - side of the battery. Replace the fuse that burned out, and plug the connector into the wiring harness. If you wired it correctly, it should have power all the time, whether or not the key is turned on. You turn the unit on and off via the switch installed in the unit.
1136558
Mine did not, however, if that was what I was going to do with it, this is what I would do. Connect it to the 24v battery under the hood, then run an extension cord through the firewall under the dashboard. Once installed (very easy) you never have to mess with it again, and it won't get lost when you are not using it.
1295997
Same problem here! After I opened the box I charged the battery till the light turned green. Put the battery in the camera, put the film pack in, the black film cover came out (so I assume I put the film in right), turned the camera on but all the symbols are blinking and I'm not able to make a picture. After reading here I put the battery again in the charger and now the light turns orange!! But I just took it out because it was green?!?! Now I'm just gonna wait till it's green again and see if it will work. Does anyone have any others tips for me?XO
1341155
Yes, the battery appears to be working now and I am seeing the goodbye image when I shut off my ignition. It looks like the same unit I sent back. How did you fix it?
1217647
The battery has a metal connection that uses two tiny screws to secure it. I think the tape is so it doesn't move around because this metal connections seems delicate. Mine is not green there but a copper color. I bought a set of the proper screw drivers for about 10 dollars. They are worth it.
607677
You'll have to re-use the wires that are in the toy already. The battery only has the positive and negative terminals. I found it very easy to hook it up. :)
2151890
Your choice. All you are doing is breaking the circuit. Generally it is breaking the positive side (hence the red color of the switch). Worked great on my battery bank to cut off charging when not needed or based on battery temps.
1934944
My red indicator light never has gone off. I am not actually sure of this, but I simply leave the charger plugged in (AC mode) in the evening, then take it out of the charger next morning. I don't see any indication of overcharging or battery memory developing.
261619
Heyy, try using just a regular battery. Positive is red or with a code written on it and negative is the solid black. I tested all before installing and only one didn't work. Hope this helps :)
363321
No worries, very simple establish to directions....positive...to positive battery cable, negative to negative battery cable, and the bigest portion was taping wires hiding, after that flipped the switch and lights. Simple...I really like mine, I should have gotten two sets though, really need two to set it off with that I call Police Blue.
1390032
I have copy of instructions. I can send send them? Trick is the Yellow wire is the control wire. If you want it on all the time (which is the way I hooked it up). Black wire to negative, red and yellow to positive.
520200
Mine has a red yellow and green light across the top and in the shape of a small battery. This is to ley you know you know the condition of the battery. Red is needing charge,yellow is to let you know caution and the green is full charge. And none should be lit unless you press the check battery button. I hope this helps answer your question!!!!
730952
Try moving it to the 6v selection. Providing the battery is charged, it should show in the yellow (60-70%) mark if it is good. If not, toss it.