Fast blinking turn signals

[shadowcruzer]

I replaced the existing rear turn signals with dual filament signals with signals that were originally on the front of another Vulcan and I wired the second circuit into my brake lights. It all worked fine, but now they blink fast. I do not have any LED bulbs in use to "unbalance the load". I did this according to the link on Gadgets site. Any thoughts?

[trosco]

3 possibilities, most likley is that one of the signals isn't flashing. T.he flasher is telling you by flashing faster (just like it would with a burnt out bulb). Next most likely one is you are wrong about which way you have wired the run vs turn & ground circuits in the new 2 filament lights and you are getting power fed back to the flasher. It interprets that as a reduced load and speeds up. The other least likely is that you are picking up a circuit to ground but not a direct short in one of the turn signal circuits causing the flasher again to think something is wrong and it speeds up. I'd check the ones you screwed with first. And it may well be that if this is the case it is one of the two light sockets that is bad and could be why they were for sale.

[shadowcruzer]

All four bulbs are good and are all working, but too fast. I bought a used light at and they were mounted on the bar. You are saying that they could be bad sockets?

[dshelly]

Maybe try changing the flasher unit.

[shadowcruzer]

Can I get that after market or only at the dealer?

[macmac]

I think the flasher is over loaded, but don't understand how that is. The sig filament is the brighter of the 2 filaments. I assume the other is a running lamp now, and that you didn't tie in the brake light.

[mobandy78]

Well, you could leave it as is and just have more visibility. People will actually look at you when your signals are on, since they are blinking faster than normal.

[shadowcruzer]

I was messing with this again, I had the dimmer of the two circuits hooked into the turn signal circuit, and the brighter filament connected into the brakes. Is it possible hat the dimmer circuit does not provide enough resistance making it blink faster, similar to adding LED signals. Any thoughts?

[Sparks500]

Very well could be. It's acting like a bulb is burned out.

[macmac]

Originally Posted by shadowcruzer

I was messing with this again, I had the dimmer of the two circuits hooked into the turn signal circuit, and the brighter filament connected into the brakes. Is it possible hat the dimmer circuit does not provide enough resistance making it blink faster, similar to adding LED signals. Any thoughts?

I see a problem now LOL The dimmer is running lamps, neither sigs or brakes! The brighter is signals or brakes. This is the Euro system which had sig and brakes on different light bulbs, and running lights yet on another.

The American system shares the brighter side of a bulb as sigs and brake lights on the same filament, and the dimmer on the dimmer filament. You added ft sig pods and the only way it will want to work is dimmer ON all the time and will be left turn and right turn and no brake.

It is very possible to install it as dim sigs or dim brakes but you really don't want this to work that way.

What you want is dim running lights and bright turn sigs......

if you want more brake lights just add more brake lights and they can have a dim running light to.

[macmac]

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As shown the amber sigs are stock and are just sigs.......

The added on red lamps do running lamps and brakes. My wife is holding the brake ON, since it is day time. I made brackets to install these universal DOT approved lamps, and since have moved them to a trailer hitch bar on the bike in about the same place. These do running lamps and brakes only. State law varies, but I believe if yu have your lamps as running and sigs you will need red lenses. No amber lamps on the rear except sigs.

[macmac]

When you said brighter and dimmer before I took it dimmer was very dim and both the right and left sigs were flashing at the same times. That is a bad ground.

Now I see you were talking about bulb filaments....

[macmac]

Oh yeah now you owe everyone on this thread a beer,

[shadowcruzer]

Thanks for all the info guys, yes , I should have said filaments when I Said dimmer and brighter. I did change the lenses to red as you mentioned. I guess it would be better to make them running lights at this point. If any of you are ever in southeast PA I will buy that beer for ya.

Doug

[InkyDoggy]

Same thing happens when you add a trailer to a car with a standard flasher. Your pulling too much current for the standard flasher and need a heavy duty flasher.