Indicator issue!!

[graham72]

I will get this bloody bike back on tbe road, it's gonna killl me in tbe process!!
I now have a problem with my indicators, I have LED bulbs and an led relay, fitted last year, worked fine.
For some reason now I've noticed that between the flashes when the indicators are on, they indicators are still on faintly instead of going off completely between flashes.
I've checked all bulbs and bulb holders, and connections at relay are fine, anyone got any ideas? Anyone had something similar happen?

Graham

[graham72]

Ok, so been having a look at the relay, it's 3 pin, B, L and E.
When a circuit tester is connected between L and B there is a pulsating voltage when either side indicators are on. Absolutely nothing at the E terminal, infact with this E terminal disconnected it still works but still stays faintly on between flashes! I am absolutely shite at electrics so really hoping someone can point me in the right direction! Thanks.

Graham

[magg]

Did the LED indicators stay on between flashes when you first installed them or did you not notice, ie could the problem have existed since you installed the LED indicators.

[Cammo]

I had a heap of different problems when I installed led's, ended up putting in a diode (link below) to separate the left and right indicator wiring (the dash bulb joins the circuits and causes issues with leds').

I haven't had any issues after following the diagram below.

viewtopic.php?f=22&t=16829&p=117725&hilit=led#p117725

[magg]

As Cammo says, the dash indicator bulb links left & right indicator circuits & I would think could cause problems. Also, E terminal is earth so you will see no voltage at this point but if relay continues to work with E terminal disconnected I suspect the relay has a fault.

[magg]

A quick test to see if the right/left circuit link is the problem would be to disconnect both turn indicators on one side & see if the other side now flashes correctly.