Turn signal question

Quote from Bigdog

Here is the issue and some manufacturers have already taken care of the problem....the lights we are buying do not come with a resister already installed like the one pictured. There would be no issue at all if they did.....that’s why I reached out to slingmods to talk to the supplier to see if the manufactures can fix the problem by adding the proper resister to their lights.....now that we know there is going to be an ongoing issue because of it.

You can see the outline of the resister....

My light additions are not to aid in my nighttime driving visibility......I added $1500 of lights in order to be seen by other drivers in the daytime and nighttime....

In the daytime people are always pulling over to let me pass.....they can’t figure out if I’m 5-0 or not.....

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well, as I have told you many times - in California most if not all all of the lights you have added are against the law - no aftermarket lights can be added within 12 inches of the factory legally required lights - - looking like 5-0 as you put it would be guaranteed to get you pulled over

probably would get away with some eyebrow blinkers, but much more would be pushing it

Quote from samowens44

Bigdog is correct about resistors at each LED by the manufacturer would solve the problem. This would be good for future purchasers of the Light System, but there are so many folks with these without the resistor that are out there causing problems. My solution of adding the resistor to the Turn Sigal Lead will accomplish the same thing as the resistor on the LED. This is a fix for all the folks that have Aux Lighting hooked to their Turn Signal Leads.

As for where the Resistor is placed does not matter, the resistor just lowers the current to allow the limits in the flasher not to be exceeded. It is that simple. Now add the resistor and report your results. If I had a set of switchbacks I would do this and make a video, Snazzy is in Fla and she is being sold soon, so I am kind of out of the loop.

After your statement about where the resister should go....

Maybe the resistor should be the last thing in the line after all the added lights...

Quote from Edward Neal

well, as I have told you many times - in California most if not all all of the lights you have added are against the law - no aftermarket lights can be added within 12 inches of the factory legally required lights - - looking like 5-0 as you put it would be guaranteed to get you pulled over

probably would get away with some eyebrow blinkers, but much more would be pushing it

On the front I have the brighter headlights, 4 halos, lower brow that doesn’t blink and upper brow and spoiler strings that do blink. Not much different than the lights new trucks and SUVs and many cars have.

Quote from Bigdog

On the front I have the brighter headlights, 4 halos, lower brow that doesn’t blink and upper brow and spoiler strings that do blink. Not much different than the lights new trucks and SUVs and many cars have.

California cops can be weird - 9 out of 10 would probably never bother me, but number 10 makes it not worth taking any chances.

brighter bulbs - no big deal - perfectly legal - - - everything else you listed could end up costing a day in court

now, if they are just for show and not actually used on the road then no one would probably ever bother you, but that kind of defeats your idea of higher visibility when driving

anyway its not something I worry about, I have never felt like I was in need of being more visible in my slingshot, people seem to see me from blocks away as it is

If only you contacted TricLed in the beginning, perhaps you could have saved yourself al the work and aggravation

I read on another site about this issue and it goes back to 2015....and the finger points to it starting shortly after the front switchback string lights were installed.

I’m disappointed that this issue has gone on this long without a suitable solution being found or implemented.

Again I’m going back to saying this is clearly a failure to address the problem by the manufacturer of these lights. At some point I would think the “supplier/s” should make a demand of the manufacturer to man up to diagnose and correct the problem.

We are paying good money for these lights. In my case hundreds of dollars.

It’s not a Polaris issue. It’s not faulty flasher units unless these lights are causing damage to the flasher. It’s not a relay problem....unless these lights are causing damage to the relays.

SOMEONE NEEDS TO STEP UP.....

Quote from SoCal

I now have switchback’s again. New module installed- testing ’em out tomorrow. So far all working well. 🙂

My problem seems to clear up every time I let it sit for several hours.....don’t know if the system resets itself or there is a drain of the power in the system from all the electronics involved to the point of normalcy. it’s an intermittent issue. I tried extensively to duplicate it without luck.

It’s happened twice and both times my heated jacket liner and gloves were activated at the same time. They are powered through the neutrino fuse box. I don’t see or understand a correlation between the two. There is no electrical connect between the turn signals and the heated gear. They have totally different power supplies and sources. They only thing these incidents have in common is the low outside temperature at the time. Could that somehow effect the flasher or relay contact gap. Cold air making the contract.

Quote from Bigdog

My problem seems to clear up every time I let it sit for several hours.....don’t know if the system resets itself or there is a drain of the power in the system from all the electronics involved to the point of normalcy. it’s an intermittent issue. I tried extensively to duplicate it without luck.

It’s happened twice and both times my heated jacket liner and gloves were activated at the same time. They are powered through the neutrino fuse box. I don’t see or understand a correlation between the two. There is no electrical connect between the turn signals and the heated gear. They have totally different power supplies and sources. They only thing these incidents have in common is the low outside temperature at the time. Could that somehow effect the flasher or relay contact gap. Cold air making the contract.

Have you tried to unplug your microwave and easy-boy recliner and see if that helps you figure out your lighting problems?

Fortunately, I’ll never have your mental ability.....

SoCal, did they mention anything about adding resisters? Or was it....they just thought it was faulty black boxes?

I’m waiting for an order of resisters to get here.....I’m going to start with adding a 100 ohm resister in the line after all my add on lights and before the flasher. Before I go with a faulty black box.

I am happy SoCal has solved his problem with changing the Black Box. I still want to have folks that are adding LEDs to their Turn Signal system to understand the Flasher Module. There is a chance that a black box change will not fix the problem. I am offering my solution of a fail safe solution, a resistor, 2 watt 100 ohms. Look at my ordering infor in previous post.

I am talking to the members and new owners that have tried everything and nothing works. Good Luck. I think maybe TricLED has added resistance to the Black Box after reports of failures, if you have these lights, I would try getting an upgraded Driver Module, that is what the Black Box is called. If your are adding your own design LEDs then you may want to pay close attention to the Flasher Module description and adding the resistor if you have problems.

Bigdog it will be good to hear your results of adding the resistor. As you do the add, please let me know if you have any questions. We need to know how the resistor works for a failure with switchback and sequential light systems. I am looking for a solution to any adds to the turn signal system. I can testify they worked for my application.

Quote from SoCal

thank you Sam. When I spoke to TricLED I was the Second person of their knowledge since inception to have this issue. Not a bad track record. Not saying there were not others it’s just that I am the second to contact them directly.

They may not have heard about it but it’s been a constant problem since at least 2015...according to another SS site.

Quote from Bigdog

They may not have heard about it but it’s been a constant problem since at least 2015...according to another SS site.

if they havent heard about it whos fault would that be? If people never take the issue directly to the manufacture then how can the manufacture be blamed if they dont know about it.?

in this case it sounds to me like TricLED jumped right on it and took care of it - not much more you can ask than that