LED flasher

**KIPS powervalve** · 11th October 2015, 17:12

Hey all,

I bought some cheapo LED indicators for my GN250 project but they turn on solid, don't flash. I guess this is because they don't draw enough current to flick the bimetal strip in the relay unit. I know you can get LED solid state flasher units , but from what I have seen, they are all 3-pin. The original GN relay is 2-pin. Any serious wisdom or advice would be really good.

Thanks

**bogan** · 11th October 2015, 17:18

Can't recal how the GN's indicators are wired, but you could get a three wire and just figure out what the third has to go to, it's probably ground...

**Laava** · 11th October 2015, 17:25

Super cheep normally has them and a three pin will work in the same way. Tridon HD12 or so rings a bell?

**Akzle** · 11th October 2015, 17:36

you'd be looking for a tridon hd12,

2 pin will go into a 3 pin socket (tis the left hand pin missing iirc) but obviously not the other way. Anyway the hd is 2 pin. So game on.

**Akzle** · 11th October 2015, 17:41

Originally Posted by bogan

Can't recal how the GN's indicators are wired, but you could get a three wire and just figure out what the third has to go to, it's probably ground...

noooo
rh pin is ground., centre is main switching (no) and lh is secondary switch (nc).

**KIPS powervalve** · 11th October 2015, 18:31

Thanks guys, hopefully I can get one in time for next weekend

**bogan** · 11th October 2015, 18:45

Think I got one of these floating around the shed, 20 bung if you want it.

**haydes55** · 12th October 2015, 11:00

I got a LED relay for my Z1000. From memory it was a like for like replacement. But also came with a 20cm ground wire. I just grounded it to a nearby bolt.

**jellywrestler** · 12th October 2015, 11:18

Originally Posted by Laava

Super cheep normally has them and a three pin will work in the same way. Tridon HD12 or so rings a bell?

so when one bulb is out do these relays flash at a faster rate than normal? that is the requirement for nz roads, if it doesn't it's not legal.

**nodrog:Me** · 12th October 2015, 11:22

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

so when one bulb is out do these relays flash at a faster rate than normal? that is the requirement for nz roads, if it doesn't it's not legal.

My bike must be illegal then.

**BASS-TREBLE** · 12th October 2015, 12:26

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

so when one bulb is out do these relays flash at a faster rate than normal? that is the requirement for nz roads, if it doesn't it's not legal.

Don't get caught up on that.

I know it says that on paper but how many times have you had a WOF and they check if it flashes faster once they remove a bulb?

**Laava** · 12th October 2015, 12:48

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

so when one bulb is out do these relays flash at a faster rate than normal? that is the requirement for nz roads, if it doesn't it's not legal.

Sorry, that is way out of my care level.

**nodrog:Me** · 12th October 2015, 13:00

Originally Posted by BASS-TREBLE

Don't get caught up on that.

I know it says that on paper but how many times have you had a WOF and they check if it flashes faster once they remove a bulb?

what happens if you own a vehicle that has the flash rate set through the ecu not through a relay?

**vifferman** · 12th October 2015, 13:14

Flash rates for electronic flashers (whether a separate unit or set by the ECU) are independent of number of working bulbs. Means you can't tell if on bulb's blown, of course.