Clear alternative taillight integrator blinker speed?

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ajblbv

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Okay guys, got it and worked on installed today, got it mostly wired up and all that fun stuff, but now my blinkers all blink quickly like they do when one is out. How do I fix this? I have the resistors in properly I think? I am having a spacy day because I just got back from vacation so even if something seems obvious let me know haha, thanks.
 
:( Does anyone know if the wiring diagram is up on here somewhere? I can't find it, but what I did was put them between the signal wires and the LED board, as shown on the little slip that came with the taillight. Is this wrong? How should it be?
 
If I remember right they go oj the ground side. You have 1 wire from the led board. Hook it to the power side of the blinkers, and hook 1 side of the resistor. Hook the other side of the resistor to the ground side of the blinker. I'm pretty sure that's how I did mine.
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you can just run the resistor across the + and - wires. that shoudl fix it just fine. also could be bad resistors. go to radio shack and buy yourself some 10w 10 ohm resistors at 2 bucks a piece and call it good.
 
Ok, now I have a question. Why would you connect the resistor to the +&- wires rather than inline with either the + or - lead? If you put it between the leads you're making a parallel circuit out of a series circuit. Maybe that's how it's supposed to be done, but I've never seen a resistor installed like that. All the ones I've seen are inline. That's also how you wire individual LEDs, so I'm curious why this tail light is wired differently? (I don't have one so I can't look at whatever schematic comes with it, I'm just a curious reader) :tiptoe:
 
what you are doing is splitting the resistance between two circuits. the first is your LED array, the 2nd is the resistor. it will "fool" the electrical system into thinking there is a bulb in there.
 
I understand the point for using the resistor. Just wondering why it's wired that way. If you wire it inline before the LED pack it will still pull a load on the circuit and should still make it think there's a bulb. Or is there something else about the light design that I'm missing?
 
gmmech07 said:
I understand the point for using the resistor. Just wondering why it's wired that way. If you wire it inline before the LED pack it will still pull a load on the circuit and should still make it think there's a bulb. Or is there something else about the light design that I'm missing?
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If you put the resistor in series, you'll lose most of the voltage on it. Your bulbs won't be very bright. If you put the resistor in parallel, the voltage will be 12V across both the resistor and the bulbs. Brighter lights and the circuit will still draw more amps.
 
VFRcanada said:
If you put the resistor in series, you'll lose most of the voltage on it. Your bulbs won't be very bright. If you put the resistor in parallel, the voltage will be 12V across both the resistor and the bulbs. Brighter lights and the circuit will still draw more amps.
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I agree. This is the way it should be.
 
So from between this thread https://www.hayabusa.org/forum/general-bike-related-topics/104492-led-flasher-relay.html and the link in there about the DIY mod, I gather the mod only works if you have front LEDs also, that the fast blinking is a common problem, and that no one is quite clear on why. It sounds like the resistors from Clear alternatives may just be cheap? So is a 10w 10ohm resistor what I want to fix the problem? And just to be clear, put it in parallel to the circuit board? Will post an update in the next few days....
 
My kit came with 7 Ohm - 20 Watt ceramic resistors; 10 watt resistors will overheat if you leave the blinkers on too long. Just wire the resistors between the + and the - of each blinker circuit and be sure the resistors do not touch anything as even the 20 watt units get hot.
 
Blazing-Saddle said:
My kit came with 7 Ohm - 20 Watt ceramic resistors; 10 watt resistors will overheat if you leave the blinkers on too long. Just wire the resistors between the + and the - of each blinker circuit and be sure the resistors do not touch anything as even the 20 watt units get hot.
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Those will work as well. Never had an issue with mine overheating yet and they have been on the bike for 2 years.

The best way to explain it it is that you jump the resistor across the + and - wire before the LED array. And if you have front AND rear LEDs, you would need to do this at both the front and the back.

The reason for the faster blinking with an LED is that the flasher (which is a capacitor) does not fully discharge when lighting up an LED relay, because they do not draw anywhere near the electrical power of an incancescent bulb. Hence the capacitor reaches full recharge faster and discharges at a faster cycle rate. Hence the faster flashing.
 
I left my OEM signal lights on the bike, and wired them along with the led tail light.
That acts the same as the resistor.
Just me.
 
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