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Dumb ATV headlight bulb question..
Posted on 10/26/24 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 10/26/24 at 3:46 pm
Ordered some el-cheapo led replacement bulbs for my son's Polaris Sportsman 90. Of course the eBay description said they'd work, but they're a double contact base. Stock ones are a single. I don't feel like going through the trouble of returning em for $12, so can I just solder a "bridge" across the dual contacts to make a single point?
The new ones actually worked momentarily if I wiggled it around in the socket enough to get juice to it. Electrical stuff isn't my forte, so before I burn up a wire or fuse I wanted to check with the experts of the OB.
The new ones actually worked momentarily if I wiggled it around in the socket enough to get juice to it. Electrical stuff isn't my forte, so before I burn up a wire or fuse I wanted to check with the experts of the OB.
This post was edited on 10/26/24 at 3:48 pm
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Posted on 10/26/24 at 5:41 pm to bootlegger
No idea on your bulb question but our lil 90 has been through both of my sons and it’s still running! Can’t break that lil sucker.
Posted on 10/26/24 at 8:39 pm to bootlegger
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I don't feel like going through the trouble of returning em for $12,
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Electrical stuff isn't my forte, so before I burn up a wire or fuse
If $12 isn’t enough to worry about returning, amd you aren’t super familiar with electrical, then just spend $12 and buy the correct bulb.
It’s not worth trying to rig something if it’s a low cost part and you don’t really know what you are doing.
Edit: (I have to give myself this same advice all the time)
This post was edited on 10/26/24 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 10/27/24 at 8:40 am to bootlegger
I don't know for sure, so don't hold me to this, but I would assume those 2 contacts are for low and high beam, so if you soldered them together it would just make the low and high beam led's light up together? I wouldn't think it can hurt anything to try. Worse case you blow a 25 cent fuse. I've rednecked far worse on a 4 wheeler before. LOL
Posted on 10/27/24 at 12:58 pm to Slim Chance
That or it will get really hot and melt the housing or bulb holder.... 
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