6v LED light

redtom

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I wish someone would start making 6 volt led bulbs for retro applications. And/or since lights use so little amps, why couldn't sone type of inverter be used to bump 6v to 12v on a light circuit?
 
I should explain. I have a vintage Suzuki motorcycle that has an odd headlight that's burned out. It's styled like a sealed beam but is only a lens. There's a small tail light sized bulb soldered in from the back. It's not round overall so another sealed beam can't be substituted. The only solution is to solder in a bulb from the rear. The last NOS one I see online sold for over $400!
 
I wish someone would start making 6 volt led bulbs for retro applications. And/or since lights use so little amps, why couldn't sone type of inverter be used to bump 6v to 12v on a light circuit?
I kept my Case VAC at 6 volts as the starting/charging system was OK. I ordered a part on line which takes 6V and gives me 12V so I could install standard LED lights. Inverter/converter? I don't remember what it was called. But it didn't take much internet searching to find it.
 
I should explain. I have a vintage Suzuki motorcycle that has an odd headlight that's burned out. It's styled like a sealed beam but is only a lens. There's a small tail light sized bulb soldered in from the back. It's not round overall so another sealed beam can't be substituted. The only solution is to solder in a bulb from the rear. The last NOS one I see online sold for over $400!

Reads like you should try to solder in a bulb socket that can utilize a common bulb that is a 6 volt LED.

vs soldering in another bulb.
 
Reads like you should try to solder in a bulb socket that can utilize a common bulb that is a 6 volt LED.

vs soldering in another bulb.
Correct. Except the front lens does not come off so the back would actually need to be opened enough for bulb and I guess should be removable for future replacement.
 
I should explain. I have a vintage Suzuki motorcycle that has an odd headlight that's burned out. It's styled like a sealed beam but is only a lens. There's a small tail light sized bulb soldered in from the back. It's not round overall so another sealed beam can't be substituted. The only solution is to solder in a bulb from the rear. The last NOS one I see online sold for over $400!
Nearly all USB corded LED lights are rated for up to 6VDC. Some even work up to 8VDC.
 
You say it's odd shaped. Is sorta D shaped with the flat part at the bottom?

If so. I have never saw a Suzuki headlight that the bulb can't be simply changed in.
 
Correct. Except the front lens does not come off so the back would actually need to be opened enough for bulb and I guess should be removable for future replacement.

Maybe could use one like below, large round hole in the back shell of headlight. Insert this bulb and secure with three large flange screws that you twist the tabs under?

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Link to above bulb
 
I kept my Case VAC at 6 volts as the starting/charging system was OK. I ordered a part on line which takes 6V and gives me 12V so I could install standard LED lights. Inverter/converter? I don't remember what it was called. But it didn't take much internet searching to find it.

You say it's odd shaped. Is sorta D shaped with the flat part at the bottom?

If so. I have never saw a Suzuki headlight that the bulb can't be simply changed in.

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the lamp is one assembly. The lens is glass epoxied into a metal shell. You can't see in pic but there is a bulb about 1.5 inches in diameter inside which is soldered in. A few years later they went to a replaceable bulb in the same profile.
 

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I wish someone would start making 6 volt led bulbs for retro applications. And/or since lights use so little amps, why couldn't sone type of inverter be used to bump 6v to 12v on a light circuit?
Are the LED lights polarity sensitive, will the work on positive ground?
 
Step-up DC converters are readily available for less than $20. Here's the one I used on my W6. Just hooked it up in-line, downstream of the headlight switch and it works great - allows me to use any 12V bulb that fits the socket. Only thing you have to remember is ypu'll have to run both positive and negative wires from the converter to the lights, rather than having one termi al on the socket wired back to ground.

 

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