One of the major companies that makes those devices also make a device to convert your turn signals into running lights. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: Aldo D'Auria <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:54:04 To: [email protected]<[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Yes one unit is called Rear-Alert and it plugs inline with the brake light. It strobes the brake light and turns solid when brake is applied... Really affective safety measure but doesn't have anything to do with the front signals. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 23, 2013, at 4:51 PM, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > They do make devices that turn your flashers into running lights, I can't > think of any names but at least one company sells units that make your tail > light flash when you hit the brakes. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > From: Greg Holuban <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:16:51 -0500 > To: nighthawk_lovers<[email protected]> > ReplyTo: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Nighthawk Lovers] > > Thanks for the info everyone. I guess I can't have it on and flashing with > leds. That's probably why a lot of bikers use led turn signals along with > marking lamps. > > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:50:10 -0800 > To: [email protected] > > Gene, > I don't mean any disrespect but you are flat out wrong and spreading > misinformation... If you hook a positive up to the ground/- it will cause a > short and burn a fuse. Hooking them both together doesn't make them brighter > it just feeds over the flasher relay and causes the light to stay on and then > turn signal not to function. The voltage doesn't change the brightness > doesn't change. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Feb 23, 2013, at 11:30 AM, "Hanghank" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kurt, > > I disagree. Assuming you have the correct ground/common wire on the bulb > connected to ground on the bike, what you do – or don’t do – with the third > wire is incidental. Fasten it to a ground if you wish, it doesn’t matter. > Put a band aid on it, dip it in vodka, etc. etc.. You could even hook up > both “hot” wires together, and have them on at the same time, but brighter! > > Gene > > > From: Kurt Nolte > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 1:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] > > The third wire is the wire for the "always on" running lights. I've been > hunting for LED 3-wire lights for quite some time, nobody seems interested in > making them. As long as you have that wire end tied off somewhere that it > can't come in contact with a ground, you'll be fine. Tape up the end, tie it > back securely, and run with two-wire lights. > > -Kurt > > PS: There IS a way to make two-wire lights function as three-wire lights, but > it involves splicing power diodes into your lines, which takes a bit of doing > and some careful component selection and in most cases isn't really worth it, > in my opinion. > > > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Greg Holuban <[email protected]> wrote: > all the LEDs that I see only have two wires . > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID > > > Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > You are trying to install rear led signals on the front. Yes a solid state > relay is the best fix for blink rate. Turn signal indicator will still work > as is. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > From: Greg Holuban <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:52:14 -0500 > To: nighthawk_lovers<[email protected]> > ReplyTo: [email protected] > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] > > Could anyone help me out a little bit about changing to led turn signals? I > am wondering what to do with the third wire on the front signals since the > leds come with only two. Also, what is the best way to control the flashing? > Can a simple led relay fix the problem, or do I need a regulator? And what > about the turn signal indicator between the gauges? 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