Austin Cafe Racer Blood, Sweat, Tears and Grease
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My lovely led turn signals are all wired up. I made everything as neat and tidy as I possibly could without the use of heat-shrink tubing. Curious that I couldn’t find any at AutoZone or Radioshack. I’ll have to look elsewhere for the tubing and then rewire the signals sometime later.

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This morning I picked up two electronic flashers. One 2 prong, and one 3 prong. Neither of them worked. When activated, the turn signals just remain on, they don’t blink. This is because both flashers are load sensitive. They require the lights to pull the correct current before shutting off and then turning back on. Since LEDs draw less current they will never trigger the load sensitive flashers.

The relay I got from Harrison Specialties didn’t help either. So, since I have no intention of changing out my beautiful LED turn signals, I will have to resort to purchasing a true LED Flasher Relay that is not load sensitive and is built specifically for LED turn signals.

This is the one I’m thinking of.

http://www.customled.com/PRODUCTS/FLASHER_RELAY/flasher_relay.htm

$19 bucks is worth it to keep my turn signals.

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I’m assuming this is a thermal based flasher and not an electronic flasher. This little guy was connected with a black wire, which I assume was power, and a grey wire that connects to the turn signal switch. I’ll head over to AutoZone this morning and pick up an electronic car flasher with three prongs.

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