New indicators not flashing - Kawasaki Eliminator

[Mully]

Evening,

Prettying up the Mrs' Eliminator for sale. Had to replace the indicators cos the rubber stems on the original ones were perished.

Appeared simple enough - unplug the old ones and plug in the new ones.

Except, now the new ones dont flash. Staying on solid when switched on instead of flashing.

Swapping the wires around doesn't seem to make any difference.

Any ideas?

TIA,
Mully.

[FJRider]

Not earthing ... ???
Too low a wattage bulb ... ???

I'd bet not earthing.

[steve_t]

Are they LED? My integrated LED indicators don't draw enough current to trigger the flasher module while the bike isn't running and so they stay on solid. If it's running, it's fine but a bit slow. The solutions are either to wire a resistor in series with each bulb or to buy a flasher relay that's designed for LEDs. IIRC Bussman Flasher Relays sell in the US for $3 or something like that. It's a pretty common issue

[Mully]

Same as these:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/parts-for-sale/lights/auction-451737469.htm

Two wires only. How would I tell if they were or weren't earthing? Would they earth through the mount??

[Katman]

Are the bulbs single or double filament? And were the old indicators single or double filament?

If the old indicators were single filament then one of the existing wires on the bike will be the earth wire and the other the power wire.

If the new indicators have a double filament bulb then the two wires in the indicator will both be power wires and the indicators will earth through the stem/frame.

Some of these indicators have provision to double as side marker lights.

[FJRider]

Same as these:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/parts-for-sale/lights/auction-451737469.htm

Two wires only. How would I tell if they were or weren't earthing? Would they earth through the mount??

Connect one wire to the indicator. The other earth out on the chassis. If power wire is used ... it would glow (hopefully flash) If it doesn't (glow) try other wire. Single wire versions earth on the mounting.

If battery is down ... the engine running may be needed ...

[Mully]

Cheers lads. I'll have a go tomorrow evening and post results.

[jrandom]

Prettying up the Mrs' Eliminator for sale.

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[kiwifruit]

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[Mully]

Hur hur hur hur

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[kiwifruit]

In all seriousness, I hope you're not going to release it into the wild on those rotten tyres?

[Mully]

In all seriousness

Pfft.....


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[spanner spinner]

It will be a wattage problem as the wattage of the old indicator bulbs and the new need to match, take a bulb out of the old indicator and one out of the new and compare the wattage printed on the side of the bulb, a lot of the aftermarket indicators have very low wattage bulbs. It will not be a earth problem as they will earth through the wiring if the earth was faulty the bulbs would not go at all. as has been eluded to earlier in the string make sure that the battery is fully charged as a low battery voltage can cause the same problem.