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SLAPSHOT · 04-19-2005

I purchased some LED turn signal for my '04 Thruxton. The new signals have (2) wires so I did a straight swap with the standard wires. The first signal I wired (rear right) worked fine - although it was blinking a little faster than normal. I then wired the rear left and it worked fine - still blinking a bit faster than normal. Then I wired the front left, again doing a straight (2) wire swap. I then tested the the signal. This time the rear right blinked as it did before, but when I turned the left indicator on all three lit up but weren't blinking. I canceled the turn signal and tried it again - same thing - and no clicking sound from the relay. The third time I hit the signal switch I got nothing! I checked the fuse, it's good - my horn still works, and all the connections are good. I read through some threads alluding to L.E.D.'s not drawing enough current? - but I'm not sure. I would greatly appreciate any advice to remedy this because I really dig the the L.E.D's.

Cheers!

[ This message was edited by: SLAPSHOT on 2005-04-19 07:16 ]

SLAPSHOT · 04-19-2005

I purchased some LED turn signal for my '04 Thruxton. The new signals have (2) wires so I did a straight swap with the standard wires. The first signal I wired (rear right) worked fine - although it was blinking a little faster than normal. I then wired the rear left and it worked fine - still blinking a bit faster than normal. Then I wired the front left, again doing a straight (2) wire swap. I then tested the the signal. This time the rear right blinked as it did before, but when I turned the left indicator on all three lit up but weren't blinking. I canceled the turn signal and tried it again - same thing - and no clicking sound from the relay. The third time I hit the signal switch I got nothing! I checked the fuse, it's good - my horn still works, and all the connections are good. I read through some threads alluding to L.E.D.'s not drawing enough current? - but I'm not sure. I would greatly appreciate any advice to remedy this because I really dig the the L.E.D's.

Cheers!

[ This message was edited by: SLAPSHOT on 2005-04-19 07:16 ]

lenswerks · 04-19-2005

Are you sure you checked the correct fuse? Sounds like fuse went, but you do still have a problem with one of them.

If it's not too much trouble to take them off for testing then take THE one that seemed to cause the problem and connect to a battery to see if the wires are crossed. Do not do this connected to the bike, but with a battery just large enough to see if it works correctly wired. If it does not work connected either way, open it up if you can and take a peek.

With out a resistor in the circuit an LED will draw as much current as it can until self-destruction. Be careful fooling with them without eye protection if you remove the lens ( I would guess they have a resistor inside the lens case to limit current ). If not connected correctly, current will not flow, but no harm will be done to the LED.

[ This message was edited by: lenswerks on 2005-04-19 16:47 ]

thruxtonone · 04-20-2005

To get your blinker speed back down buy some resistor packs on line. They are available at many of the LED sites.-T1

SLAPSHOT · 04-20-2005

I'm on it - thanks a million.

slowpoke · 04-23-2005

You need load equalizers to make them work right. Try customdynamics.com. (I think that's it)

slowpoke · 04-23-2005

You need load equalizers to make them work right. Try customdynamics.com. (I think that's it)