Four way flashers

[bgiants]

I hooked up the wires for the flashers. My back lights flash but not the front ones. Any suggestions on this woukd be helpful.

[smokier]

I think we need more detail.
Are you using the hazard button? How did you hook them up? What did you hook up? (LED? <-- polarity).
What are you trying to accomplish?

Ride safe,
Smokier

[Kawalski Rider]

smokier is right about the polarity when dealing with LED's . It's easy to overlook that. We are so used to working with incandescent lights.
Do the turn signals work normally?
What kind of flasher are you using? Incandescent? LED? or mixed?
Did you get the wiring diagram/instructions from Gadgets web page?
Draw out and post a diagram of the circuit you added and which wires (color & strip color) you tied into...


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[bgiants]

I'm trying to get four way flashers on my bike. I used the diagram from the gadgets web page for the dpdt switch. I have mixed lights, I hooked up the wires as it showed in the diagram in the headlight bucket. My lights are flashing in the back but not the front.

[smokier]

Do the rear ones glow at all (differently)? Is there any change in brightness? There is a load equalizer when wiring LED's in with incandescent bulbs (circuit).

[bgiants]

I didnt notice any change in brightness. Would it make a difference if I just unhook the incandescent lights?

[Kawalski Rider]

There is flasher available that work with mixed bulbs. Most auto parts stores carry them. Scymatics are on Google, if you search the flasher number, that show how to wire them. They have a load circuit built into them, to compensate for the lack of load that LED's present to the circuit.

Do you turn signals work normally, after you added the 4 way circuit?

[bgiants]

Yes my signals work normaly.

[Kawalski Rider]

Besides double checking your connections and cross check the installation against Gadgets diagram, what other diagnostic measures have you taken?

[Kawalski Rider]

bgiants…

I’ve been thinking about your 4 way flasher problem... Lets go back to square 1. I reviewed the diagram and installation instructions on the Gadget site.. Did you connect a jumper across the common terminals of the DPDT switch? If not, only 1 side of the switch would be active. That could account for only half the system working. But, the failure would be left to right , not front to rear. Are the LED’s bulbs the ones failing to light with the 4 way circuit you added? You said the turn signals work normally otherwise... What would happen if you went back to all incandescent bulbs? If they work with all incandescent bulbs in the circuit, I would replace your flasher you added, with a mixed, LED and incandescent style. Or, run with all incandescent bulbs.
Let me know what you find out. This one has got me a little baffled.

[bgiants]

The front lights are led's. They're the ones that aren't blinking. The back lights are mixed incandescent and led and they are all working. I was thinking on digging out the old incandescent lights I took off the front and hooking them back up and see if they work for my four ways.

[bgiants]

Found out that I need the key on for the front led's to flash for my four ways.

[Kawalski Rider]

Originally Posted by bgiants

Found out that I need the key on for the front led's to flash for my four ways.

There is a non keyed (hot all the time) power source under the tank, near the radiator fill. Two blank female connection, one is the ground, black w/yellow stripe. The other is the hot lead, White w/ blue stripe (I think) Check it with a meter to be sure... I wonder if you picked up power from there, if you would have the same problem?

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[bgiants]

Ok. Thanks, I'll try that out.