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Blinkers/Flashers/Turn Signals
« on: May 13, 2009, 04:32:26 AM »
If my blinkers are lighting up, but not flashing, do I just need a Blinkers/Flashers/Turn Signal relay?
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Re: Blinkers/Flashers/Turn Signals
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2009, 04:44:52 AM »
YEP.
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Re: Blinkers/Flashers/Turn Signals
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2009, 04:54:02 AM »
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Re: Blinkers/Flashers/Turn Signals
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2009, 05:16:37 AM »
Great. Thanks guys :)
Almost forgot. Is there a inexpensive way to go about getting one of these or do you have to buy a Honda one? I just lost my job, as of Friday, and need to cut any corners I can.
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Re: Blinkers/Flashers/Turn Signals
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2009, 09:03:58 AM »
Quote from: cb750fbomb on May 13, 2009, 05:16:37 AM
Is there a inexpensive way to go about getting one of these or do you have to buy a Honda one? I just lost my job, as of Friday, and need to cut any corners I can.

Sorry to hear, tough times.

You can use any auto store 12 volt flasher unit as long as the pin count matches the stock. A digital one needs less current to do it's job too.

The flasher unit is not the only possible explanation though. If overall current is low the stock one will not "flash". That could mean a bad bulb, battery, or a short somewhere else.

1) Does it flash when RPMS are high, just not when idling? Not the flasher then.
2) Check all your bulbs. A break in the circuit is designed to stop the flasher as a fault indicator in some systems.
3) What does a voltmeter say when placed across your battery terminals?

Flasher's are pretty simple items. Sometimes they go bad - and they are cheap - but sadly it's often something else that's wrong.
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Re: Blinkers/Flashers/Turn Signals
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2009, 09:18:53 AM »
Quote from: cb750fbomb on May 13, 2009, 05:16:37 AM
Great. Thanks guys :)
Almost forgot. Is there a inexpensive way to go about getting one of these or do you have to buy a Honda one? I just lost my job, as of Friday, and need to cut any corners I can.

go out to the junkyard and poke through the old pickups with big trailer hitches on......

there should be a nice 2-prong electronic flasher in one of 'em.

tell a sad story or a good joke and you might get it as a freebie.

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Re: Blinkers/Flashers/Turn Signals
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2009, 03:54:17 PM »
Quote from: jmckinne on May 13, 2009, 09:03:58 AM
Quote from: cb750fbomb on May 13, 2009, 05:16:37 AM
Is there a inexpensive way to go about getting one of these or do you have to buy a Honda one? I just lost my job, as of Friday, and need to cut any corners I can.

Sorry to hear, tough times.

You can use any auto store 12 volt flasher unit as long as the pin count matches the stock. A digital one needs less current to do it's job too.

The flasher unit is not the only possible explanation though. If overall current is low the stock one will not "flash". That could mean a bad bulb, battery, or a short somewhere else.

1) Does it flash when RPMS are high, just not when idling? Not the flasher then.
2) Check all your bulbs. A break in the circuit is designed to stop the flasher as a fault indicator in some systems.
3) What does a voltmeter say when placed across your battery terminals?

Flasher's are pretty simple items. Sometimes they go bad - and they are cheap - but sadly it's often something else that's wrong.

1) No. It only brightens and never flashes
2)K
3)It's operating as it should. My charging system is fine. 
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Re: Blinkers/Flashers/Turn Signals
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2009, 03:59:30 PM »
Does it have 2 or 3 prongs?
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Re: Blinkers/Flashers/Turn Signals
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2009, 04:59:50 PM »
Go with the electronic flashers since they're more reliable no matter what the voltage is at (above 9 volts usually), and they have typically 3 prongs: 1 for the load, one for the ground (-) green wire and one for the incoming supply. 
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