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CooCase Astra S48 wiring

Greetings all,
Got a sweet deal on a used Astra S48 and have a question on running/brake light wiring.
Have power supplied through my FuzeBox, lock, alarm, remote all work properly and the LED's flash when alarm is active.
Question is how to wire running/brake lights. Previous owner used it on a BMW and had the yellow wire from the mounting plate split into two wires. I'm assuming one should go to a brake light wire (black with white) and the other limb to switched power (gray)
Was planning on using posi-taps like I did with my hyper-lites, which worked out well.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Greg

 

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Thanks to all who responded. After trying every possible combination of wiring, nothing worked. I then checked the continuity of the yellow wire coming from the mounting plate, and nothing. I found what I thought was a slice a few inches in, under the plate, and figured it was bad, cut it out, hooked back up to the brake wire and now the brake lights work. Thought now for running lights all I need to do is splice back on a second wire and would be good to go. Before I did I opened the shrink wrap to inspect what I thought was the fractured splice only to find a resistor, and a second different one on the gray wire that should be used for the running lights. Continuity across both of them is no good. Could it be possible they are burned out?? and if so does anyone know what to replace them with. I'm afraid the LED's will burn out without them.
Greg

 

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BigMan,

I'm working with a Vee, not Wee, so I don't know about the wire colors in the tail you need to connect to.
What my problem ended up being was a bad diode that is in the yellow wire coming from the mounting plate. I originally thought it was a bad splice, but found a diode when I opened the shrinkwrap. I have no real knowledge of components such as diodes or resistors so I took it to a biomedical engineer at work who tested it for me. It was definitely bad. Replaced it with what he told me I needed. I'm waiting for the green/blue sub-harness from Twisted Throttle to hook up my running/brake lights, but i'pretty sure everything will work OK.
On the Vee, the running light wire taps into the gray (switched power) and the brake goes to the white with black stripe, same as my hyperlites.

 

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Twisted Throttle gave me over the top support even though I bought my CooCase second hand. Spoke with a gal named Amanda, she was very helpful and is sending me the green/blue wire sub-harness, no charge.
The burned out diode was the culprit in my situation, however she told me if things still weren't working properly to call back and talk with Matthew. According to her he is the man for help with electrical problems.
Do your lights flash when the alarm is armed? If they don't, maybe there is a problem with the LED's and the easiest solution would be to get a replacement case.

 

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Good to hear you got everything taken care of. That's the type of customer service I really appreciate. The blue/green sub-harness they sent me free of charge arrived today. Got it hooked up in 10 min, and mine is working now as well.
Ride safe,
Greg