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relay question

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by ifonly2005, Oct 1, 2011.

  1. ifonly2005

    ifonly2005 Member

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    So I've been trying to add new directionals to my bike.... but none of em draw enough power to trip my relay to make them blink... I know about resistors but don't have any room to mount them. Question is... is there another type of relay that would allow for less to trip the flash? I'm guessing no... but figured id ask
     
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    Yes, there is. Pretty much any generic flasher from the auto parts store but you'll lose the self-canceler unless you do some electrical engineering.

    Your stock flasher unit is looking for 27W bulbs in each signal to make it flash. A lot of aftermarket signals, even those with bulbs, come with lower wattage bulbs that won't work. If they're bulb-type signals simply swap in some 1156's and you're all set.

    LEDs will require a different flasher and/or resistors.
     
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    Sick!!! I think myh canellers junk so I'm not too too worried bout it. That's awsome news
     
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    A good, 2-pin, electronic flasher, like this one (http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/ ... 1-PIN.html) will work for stock lamps, aftermarket lamps, and LED's.

    It connects to the Brown and Brown/White wires where the stock flasher was connected. You'll need to change the terminals to male blade terminals.

    As Fitz pointed out, it will disable auto-cancel functionality, though, unless you do some extra work and add another relay which is needed to make this work with auto-cancel. I did that for mine with LED's, but since you don't think your cancelling system is working anyway, you could skip it.
     
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    Lol.... going to try it in the am. Already went to the part store to pick up the flasher
     
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    Just be aware... if it's not an electronic one, it won't work with LED's. If it's not a good electronic one, it may be erratic in terms of flash rate varying over temperature. And if it's a 3-pin one, it won't work at all without some more wiring.
     
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    Grrrrr.... I bought a 3 pin one. That's what my stock one is.... 3 pins. So if I need a 2 pin.... which pins do I use? Top and side ?
     
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    A 3 pin will only plug in one way, and it's the WRONG way to make the signals flash. You NEED to use the 2 pin flasher. I believe the Buss part # that I used was a 552 flasher.
     
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    Ok... so 2 pin...... what I'm not understanding is why 3 won't work if the stock setup is a 3 pin?
     
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    It' just the way it works LOL one of the mysteries of the universe!

    Not sure why but it has to do with the way the electronic flasher works as oposed to the way the stock mechanical flasher works internally.

    Sorry I can't explain it further for ya.
     
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    That's dumb. Lol. They just don't make things like they did 30 years ago
     
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    As I wrote above: it connects to the Brown and Brown/White wires.

    3-pin on our bikes is for 12V supply, load, and canceller enable/disable. "Off the shelf" 3-pins are for 12V supply, load, and ground.
     
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    Thanks. That would have bothered me forever. Lol
     
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    This Co. had an ad in back pages of the Bike magazines.

    2 - Plug-in-Play LED Conversion Flashers.

    a) No-frills Plug-in FLASHER
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    b) Multi-Speed ~ Multi-Pattern Flasher
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    (✸✸-✸✸-✸✸-✸✸-✸✸-✸✸-✸✸)
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    http://www.customled.com/products/flash ... _relay.htm
     

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