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#1 PostAuthor: stevecastle » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:16 pm

Evening all,
I fitted a new battery today as part of the putting back together processs :D
The idiot brake light bulb was replaced as it had blown, this now flashes permently when the ignition is switched on, rear light and brake light work fine ?
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Indicators flash very slowly and not a all with the lights on unless i flick the fasher unit then they flash once.
iI guess i need a new fasher unit ?
Any help please
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#2 PostAuthor: warren3200gt » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:18 pm

Sounds more like a bad conection or earth to me.
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#3 PostAuthor: PAULJAC47 » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:21 pm

Steve, you say idiot light on dash is flashing? this is a feature and is used to indicate that the brake lamp has blown,it does this via the outage relay which is a small grey plastic init that plug into the loom attached to a bracket on one of the coil studs,bit strange though as you say brake lamp is working?ps what is your battery voltage???Paul J
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#4 PostAuthor: stevecastle » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:28 pm

I only rode the bike for a few miles before stripping but did notice slow inictors with a pause before flashing.
Stop bulb did not work as blown
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#5 PostAuthor: PAULJAC47 » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:31 pm

Is the idiot light on all the time or flashing when you brake?
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#6 PostAuthor: stevecastle » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:41 pm

Flashing continously when ignition switched on
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#7 PostAuthor: PAULJAC47 » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:57 pm

You sound like you have a short or outage relay duff,unplug the relay and see what happens?
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#8 PostAuthor: stevecastle » Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:08 pm

ok, thanks Paul
I will investigate further at first light
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#9 PostAuthor: stevecastle » Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:31 pm

Unplugged the outage relay and the bulb stopped flashing :D
I guess a new relay required.

David suggested swapping the flasher unit with the hazard flasher unit, I did and indicators worked perfectly. :)
New flasher unit ordered.
Thanks all for your help.
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#10 PostAuthor: PAULJAC47 » Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:54 pm

Outage relay are pretty rare,do crop up on ebay usa sometimes...
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#11 PostAuthor: warren3200gt » Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:56 pm

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#12 PostAuthor: stevecastle » Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:19 pm

Thanks
Got one from the US ￡21 inc shipping
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