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Subject: RE: Bar-end signal fun

Author: Keith Ruff

Date: Jan 11, 2005, 7:31 PM

Post ID: 1718193569


Hey Charlie,

Glad to hear it worked out for ya. I was waiting to respond to you
until this eve so I could check my files for some receipts but I
couldn't find what I was looking for. I had bought a new set of Hella
bar end signals from a company that was listing them on ebay. They had
the 6V bulbs in them, but the company sold me 12V bulb replacements.
Wish I could find that receipt to give you the name and # of the company
but I can't find it. Also, I picked up an electronic flasher unit that
this engineer guy designed and sold a bunch on ebay also. Same deal,
can't find the guys name or #. I have the instuctions and a diagram,
but no name or #. Think it ran me $20 shipped and works perfect. I'll
keep searching, but check ebay for "Hella Bar End" and "Hella Electronic
Flasher" on occasion and they may pop up.

Good Luck.

Keith Ruff
70 Cafe Racer Ambo
Manahawkin, NJ

Charlie Mullendore wrote:
 
All of my worrying in advance about the signals turns out to be no
problem. The three flashers I tried must have been defective - bought a
new one today at NAPA (the cheapest they had) and it blinks my one
little 10 watt festoon bulb perfectly! I've found an online source for
Xenon festoon bulbs which are supposed to be brighter, hoping I can find

a local source for them. Wal-Mart of all places had a Xenon version of
the dash light bulbs for my Mercedes, might check there. Thanks to all
who responded! Cheers,

Charlie Mullendore wrote:
 
Hi Greg,
Thanks for the tips on the resistors. Festoon bulbs come in a pretty
limited range of wattage, 10 being the highest I've found so far. I'll
play around with different flashers, resistors and bulbs until I come up


with what I want. Cheers,

Greg Bender wrote:
 
Hi Charlie,

I just got done playing around with resistors while I was working to
make my turn signals operate as combination turn signals and running
lights. I found that 1 Ohm, 10 watt resistors from Radio Shack worked
well for making blink rate nice. However, they got VERY hot. Using the
vast scientific resources I had at my disposal (an instantly slightly
burned finger upon touch), I determined that they were too hot to
operate unless I attached them externally to some chunk of metal away
from anything that could melt (especially skin).

http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F011%5F002%5F014%5F004&product%5Fid=271%2D131





I also tried using Electronic Flashers units, but found that 2 of the 3
identical flashers didn't work for my application. In the end, I
adjusted the resistance I needed by using higher wattage bulbs. For
flashers, I purchased cheap, $2 Buss units from Walmart. Hope this
helps.

For more info on what I did, go to:
http://www.thisoldtractor.com/gtbender/turn_signals_as_running_lights.htm




Charlie
http://www.loopframeguzzi.com/

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