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A birds eye veiw of the Comet Pro DCM DIY kit.

All components included with a fully made up & tested dimmer control module.

Note this picture shows both SLA and NiMH connectors in lower right side next to DCM.

 Instructions.
Cut the 1.4 metre length of two core cable to around half way (700mm).

Strip back the 3 core cable that comes from the preassembled control module as shown above taking care not to cut thru black plastic outer sheath to the copper core.

 Twist cores as shown,  tight and neat.
Solder blue and green/yellow cores and cover with provided small heat shrink. Tin the other cores, keeping tidy without excess solder. Trim back to about 6-7mm or so. Place on the bullet connectors, making sure the cores go into the alloy barrel, not just the plastic.
Crimp up tight, pull on core to test strength		 Strip back the other two core cable (700mm), tin and connect in the same fashion as other cables.
Crimp bullet connectors, as before. Slide on heatshrink up to connectors and apply heat. Finish join with the two outer pieces of heat shrink, noting the two different sizes.
Cut lamp socket if needed, slide on heat sleeving over both cores and outer sleeving over all cores. Trim back two core cable, feed thru the rear back and cable gland as in next picture.
Join lamp socket and two core cable, cover join first with heat shrink (red), then slide over the two heat sleeves and outer sleeve over the join.		 Make sure that your solder join is neat, not dry, and without any bits of solder sticking out that could short to the other core.
Damage to your battery or worse could occur if this join is shoddy.
Assembly of the light is similar to the Comet Pro, follow those instructions for mounting the polycarb bracket, end caps, lamp etc, but ignore the switch instructions. Mount end caps and assemble the Comet Pro light. Align the (red back)cable gland low down by mounting bracket and locate the grub screws neatly spaced apart. Its an art form! Test and enjoy.