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LED Flasher Rate

jmann

jmann

2012-05-21 00:27:00 UTC

One of the problems of adding LED indicators (or a mix of LED and incandescent bulbs) is that the flash rate becomes
too fast. This can be solved by putting in resistors to fool the standard flasher relay into thinking it has incandescent
bulbs rather than LED's. The resisters generate a lot of heat so some degree of care needs to be taken.

For the same price as shop brought LED resister packages you can buy a digital flasher relay. This is a much better
solution. Some bikes already have these.

For those interested, the photo below shows a digital relay plus an adapter cable to allow the relay to plug into the
existing wiring harness. The part number for the plug connector is 000700000AK. The flasher unit shown is just one
of any number available but it is nice to find one that only has 2 pins as most have 3 or more:

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cdlabate

cdlabate

2012-05-21 04:25:00 UTC

One67

One67

2013-01-02 07:28:00 UTC

I just fitted LED indicators to my Freeride and used the same Narva LED flasher unit as Jmann,

Problem is that all 4 indicators flash at the same time, wether the switch is set to left or right.

Any of you elecrical engineer types know what's going on here ?

jmann

jmann

2013-01-02 08:13:00 UTC

There's only two wires so not much can go wrong ... Did you just do a simple replacement of the
original for this unit or have you spliced elsewhere?

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One67

One67

2013-01-03 05:14:00 UTC

I just did the same as you, tried swapping the wires with no luck.

Maybe a dodgy unit ?, I'll email Narva.

One67

One67

2013-01-03 07:49:00 UTC

It's OK now, solved my own problem

For those who have this problem in future, here's the fix - for bikes that use a single dash indicator for left and right, the power from the selected side passes through the dash bulb and onto the opposite side, lighting it up.

Once you remove the dash bulb, it all works how it should.

To continue using the dash bulb you cut the wires running to the bulb and insert two 1A diodes ,one on each wire.
This prevents power passing through to the opposite side.

As I said earlier ,this is on my Freeride, I haven't heard of this problem on the Superduke, so it may just be the way some bikes are wired up.

jmann

jmann

2013-01-03 09:51:00 UTC

Umm. I didn't take enough notice that you mentioned a Freeride. In my mind you were talking about your buddie's
SD that he let you ride for free. (Why would anybody ask about a Freeride on a SD forum?

One67

One67

2013-01-03 10:55:00 UTC

Well the reason I posted here is that I've been a member of this forum for a few years and know that there are a lot of smart people on here that have owned and still own a myriad of other bikes beside the SD, so may have come across this problem before.

Yes ,I did look on the Narva site and the flasher unit I bought was the appropriate model ,2 pin 12 volt.
The standard plug is the same one as the SD.
So an extra pin for a pilot light would be useless.