Blinkers Work SOMETIMES...help
I have an 02 F4i. I had flushmounts on my bike and then bought some hotbodies so I put the hotbodies on the sides and the other ones in my intake vent. I noticed that sometimes my blinkers wont work. Left usually work but right wont. Sometimes neither side will come on. Sometimes they come on for a couple seconds and then stop. Need some help. If I leave them alone and off, then they start working again when i turn them on. Could it be something to do with having 4 front turn signals? Switch problem? Wiring problem? I never noticed it all last year but didnt really use the blinkers most of the time since i didnt ride in town. When i took my motorcycle test and had to use the blinkers EVERY block, they first started to not work. SUGGESTIONS?????
thanks in advance.
thanks in advance.
forgot to mention that when they dont work, sometimes the turn on the dash cluster is solid yellow and doesnt flash and sometimes it just isnt there at all. Also the rear blinkers dont work. When the wire came loose from the connector with my first set of flushmounts about a month ago, just that one didnt light up so im wondering if it is more than just the way I wired them. Where should I start looking? Ill be home tomorrow and if its not a loose wire in between the front signals, WHERE SHOULD I LOOK???
Could there be a problem with running 2 sets of blinkers in the front?? (too much juice needed??)
Could there be a problem with running 2 sets of blinkers in the front?? (too much juice needed??)
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Running mutliple led blinkers off of the same wires won't affect anythying, even a couple of them wired together will still pull less current than a stock filament bulb, this sounds more like either a faulty wiring job, an intermittent short to ground or faulty flasher unit. Of them I'd prolly guess the wiring. How did you work the 2-3 wire conversion and did you run the blinkers in parallel or sequentially, TIP: if you ran them in series thats a no no. Will split the voltage drop across the two blinkers, which are designed to run off of 12 volts, not 6, which then might or might not trigger the leds depending on how much voltage the stators putting out atm. Run them parallel if they aren't already, ie; both hots and both grounds tied together. Don't really have enough info to properly troubleshoot this.
I appreciate the help so far. Im at school until tomorrow but wish I were home to check some of the suggestions out.
I ran both grounds from the blinkers to the ground on the harness and the same with the "hot" wires. (2-1 with a connector and 2-1 with a connector and then i used electrical tape to wrap around the wires and connectors for the ground and the same with the hot wires.) I might just have to get rid of the connectors and "twist" the wires together. At least that way they will be connected good and wont come apart. Is there any reason to not do it this way? I know it looks like a "hack job" but it will be behind the fairings and noone will see.
I ran both grounds from the blinkers to the ground on the harness and the same with the "hot" wires. (2-1 with a connector and 2-1 with a connector and then i used electrical tape to wrap around the wires and connectors for the ground and the same with the hot wires.) I might just have to get rid of the connectors and "twist" the wires together. At least that way they will be connected good and wont come apart. Is there any reason to not do it this way? I know it looks like a "hack job" but it will be behind the fairings and noone will see.
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Best bet would be some non-insulated crimp style butt splices and some decent heat shrink. Failing that, the twist method will work if your on a budget since this is a pretty low current application, just twist them together and then down so they form a little ball when your done and wrap them securely in good electrical tape, not that cheap pvc garbage. Also, try to stay away from splice taps if you can, they aren't reliable in the least.
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