blinker wireing

[jmacdbass]

stupid question folks (thanks for all of those that have helped me in the past)

i took a fairing off and got a set of blinkers for my 79 gs850
my brother was saying they are self grounding (1 wire coming out of the light for power) but my rear lights have a little ground wire attached to a washer

so my question is do i need one of those for each of my blinkers and if so how do i connect them to the same black grounding wire when it only has one female adapter, the clymer manual shows the diagram but its not clear that it has 2 wires connected

thanks so much

[Billy Ricks]

Black on a Suzuki is usually not a ground. Black with white tracers are grounds. Black is usually left positive side of the signals and light green is usually right.

[txironhead]

If a blinker only has one wire coming out of it (or two if it's a dual filament) then it uses the mount as the ground. If you're bolting the blinkers to a metal mounting area that provides good ground you're fine. If not, then you need to run an eyelet connector (looks like a washer you crimp a wire into) under the mounting nut and connect a wire to a known good ground source.

You can verify whether or not a metal mounting area has a good ground with a test light or multimeter. You may need to sand off some paint to get a good ground.

[jmacdbass]

thanks everyone! case closed