Actually it's not interesting, it's frustrating. Has to do with installing an electronic flasher in place of the OEM, I've had all LED's for run/brake/turn for quite a few years and needed an equalizer to get them to work right. I also have a self-canceling module wired in to work in conjunction with my Harley controls, it won't work with the OEM system. Well, first I unplugged the OEM flasher and out of curiosity I tried the turn signals....they still worked!
How could that be? Well, I figured it was probably the self-canceling module so when I unplugged that, it then killed the turns. Then I plugged in the new electronic flasher but without the self-canceling module powered up, nothing worked, plug it in....all worked fine. Then I moved to the right side where the equalizer was mounted and disconnected it from the turn circuit. Now they worked fine.....all four at the same time.
Plug just one back in and all works fine, but I want to get rid of the equalizer completely. Frankly, I have a rat's nest under the right side....and on top of the battery cover. I guess it's time to address the entire setup, not really what I wanted to be doing for the next few days. I have another issue wired in place in the form of two small relays, one side of the relay flashes the turn signal light, when it releases it flashes the saddlebag light. Forgot to mention....I removed/replaced those bag reflectors with LED's as well so when the turns are flashing they alternate back/forth from the turn signal to the bag light. When the turn signal goes off, everything returns to running lights. At this point I'm tempted to hook everything back up the way it was and leave it alone. Stay tuned....I may just start drinking.
UPDATE: Did a little research on the Signal Dynamics site re. the self-cancelling module; it has it's own built in flasher so I don't need one, didn't know that but it apparently bypassed the OEM flasher all along. The unit I have installed needed an external equalizer and has been installed for quite a few years as mentioned above. The newer version of the self-cancelling module doesn't need an external equalizer per their instructions. This module does not require any load equalizers because it is a self-timed electronic relay. That would negate the need for me to install a self-timed electronic relay in place of the OEM unit. Going to order the later version and install it, for the time being I guess I'll put everything back together as it has been for the last few years until the new module comes in. Then start from scratch, maybe I can clean out some of my rat's nest while I'm at it. Also might still start drinking by the time I'm done....yeah, right!!
