I have a Problem with my Turn Signal Lights not working

I have a Problem with my Turn Signal Lights not working.

It's a honda motorcycle with a 6 volt electrical system.

Originally the signal lights would not light when switched
to left or right. I checked the bulbs and they test o.k.

I unpluged the 6 volt flasher (model mitsuba FR-2112
6.4V 85c/m 17WX2+17W) What does that rating mean?

When I unpluged the flasher and connected the wires directly
it came on the side I switched but didn't flash. So that
made me think it's the flasher. When I connected it up to
the old flasher again I heard a click but no lights came
on.

I took a flasher from a Honda Passport that also used 6 volts
and that the signal lights worked (flashed correctly). I
connected it up to the bike and the lights came on but did
not flash. The two contact flasher has "B" and "L" marked on
it. The black wire goes to "B" and the other wire goes to "L".
I checked the voltage and it was between 7 and 8 volts when.

What do I check next?

How do I check the flasher to make sure it works/don't work?

How sells 6 volt 2 contact flashers cheaper than Honda (Honda
wants about $30 for one)?

How about a simple circuit that I can make that replace the
flasher?

Will a 12volt flasher work?

 

well at a guess its

at 6.4 volts
you get 85 flashs a minute
using 17 watt bulbs

ok so you put a known good flasher can on your broken bike and
the lights still didnt flash ?

if the above is correct then i would be checking for a bad earth somewhere
also checking the switchblock on the bars

put it on a bike that is 6 volts and its blinkers are working

try and find a wreckers that has posties or other dirt bikes that run 6
volts
but as per above the flasher is prob ok

unlikely

 

Try a temporary erath to the flasher but using your existing wiring for the
rest of the system....just to check the earth is strong.

 

But only if one end of the arrangement is already earthed. If
its a 6 volt system, then its probably old enough to have a minumum
of black magic in it, but auto electrics generally are a black art,
and there's no guarantee that *anything* is earthed!

GB

 

oh, i'm sorry to hear that

2x17w bulb in flashers + 1x17w idiot light

yerd reckon

pull it apart and clean the contacts then

battery and load

all the switch contacts and light earths

use a test light?

no idea

yep, use a 556 timer and darlington pair(s)

not even a little bit...mined ewe, a 12V electronic unit just might

 

Yah true... or it might have a 'floating' earth and a 'ground' earth...

G-S

 

A pair of 555's would work... actually a single 555 could be made to
work... with some extra bits...


G-S