Flasher Unit

[fishyy]

anyone know the part number to a flasher unit. i have LEDs and lights are flashing rapidly. i bought a Navara type one but its the wrong one.. going to return it tommorw.

tryed raising the wattage of my globes but they are the maximum they can go. 12v/21W on the rears. 12v/5w wedge type on the sides. problem is series II r33 front indicators globes are 12/16w on the stock bumper but as i changed my bumper and put small led lights it caused my problem.

[2LV8ETR]

Most auto electrical shops carry them, as well as good auto part suppliers.

[fishyy]

yeah i kinda want it do it tommorw. know any stores open?

[3LGODZILA]

just chuck the original bulbs in, the lazy mans way to fix it

[2LV8ETR]

yeah i kinda want it do it tommorw. know any stores open?

You don't have your location up on the left column, so I can't help you with regards to your area.

But in saying that, places such as Malz, Auto One, and Stupid Cheap are usually open for a while on Sundays, as are 7 day shops which there are 3 of close to me.

Your best bet is to search in the Yellow Pages or Localink for stores advertising 7 day trading.

Good luck.

[errno]

just switched to LED turn signals myself for the new topsecret front bar, tried a cheap flasher relay today, didnt work at all and blew the hazard fuse and the indicator fuse.

does anyone have an actual brand and/or product # for a relay that works? Id like to go and buy one tomorrow, really only have supercheap in walking distance from work and they are usually pretty useless in there when it comes to knowing what to get so id rather just be able to walk in and grab it.

EDIT: just doing some quick research, looks like Narva product 68251BL will do the trick, ill pick one up tomorrow and let u know how it goes

Edited May 25, 2009 by errno

[fishyy]

ive done this today and it worked for me

you pretty much have to take off the lower part of the dash to get access to the original flasher. its directly behind the knob u use to adjust the brightness of your dash. also if u have ur indicators on and touch the flasher u should feel the clicking it does. ive uploaded a picture on how it looks like..

next part is you want to get a L.E.D flashing unit.. ive also included a picture on how it looks like.. its the the Red one

unfortunately its not a plug in & play. the pins are on the opposite sides to the orginal flasher and if u do plug it in and try it u may blow it the new L.E.D flasher

u have to get a pick or a small needle and pick out female terminal pins in the plug that plugs into the flasher..

the new flasher (red) has small numbers on it near the male pins, Ive used a test light they equal this..

31- Earth (ground)

49- Ignition Switch

49a- To Indicator switch

match the female terminal pins up on the plug side and push them back in position. then plug the flasher in. All should work

hope that helps

[errno]

ive done this today and it worked for me

you pretty much have to take off the lower part of the dash to get access to the original flasher. its directly behind the knob u use to adjust the brightness of your dash. also if u have ur indicators on and touch the flasher u should feel the clicking it does. ive uploaded a picture on how it looks like..

next part is you want to get a L.E.D flashing unit.. ive also included a picture on how it looks like.. its the the Red one

unfortunately its not a plug in & play. the pins are on the opposite sides to the orginal flasher and if u do plug it in and try it u may blow it the new L.E.D flasher

u have to get a pick or a small needle and pick out female terminal pins in the plug that plugs into the flasher..

the new flasher (red) has small numbers on it near the male pins, Ive used a test light they equal this..

31- Earth (ground)

49- Ignition Switch

49a- To Indicator switch

match the female terminal pins up on the plug side and push them back in position. then plug the flasher in. All should work

hope that helps

i cant see how it wouldnt be plug and play?? guess ill find out tomorrow

[errno]

went to repco where i got the narva LED blinkers from, the useless bastards dont even stock that narva product code i found before for the other relay

got this one from supercheap, plugged it in and it still blew the indicator fuses so maybe the original wires do connect to the wrong part (which sounds really wierd)

its a 12v 3 pin non-load sensitive which i was hoping would be fine

fishhy any idea what to do with this unit to rewire the original loom? whats the L, P for?

[fishyy]

mate simplest way looking at it.

the flasher unit is pretty much like a contact its Normally open. when current flows into the coil. it energizes it and through magnetism it closes the contact letting power through.

u get a multimeter set it to ohm.. and find the contacts. u should get a reading between two pins. one u shouldnt because its a normally open circuit (it will only work when the flasher is energized. that pin goes to your indicator switch.

the reason why your fuses are blowing is because u have ur indicator switch set as ground, so when the contacts closes it hits and there's a dead short.

hope that helps

[fishyy]

for your unit Errno looks like

+ = ignition power

P = ground

L = To Indicator Switch.

[fishyy]

heres a diagram.

[errno]

all sweet got it in there and works perfect now, couldnt get the spade terminals out of the old loom so i snipped them and reattached new ones, haha

[msammut]

Just did mine today. I just made up  3 jumper wires. One end male insulated and the other female insulated spades. Plugged them in swapping the two leads as discussed and no problems.

michael. 

[msammut]

Just a note about the leds being not cool. It is a matter of alternator loading or current draw. Each blinker bulb uses   21watts. That is 42 watts each side. Each led replacement uses 7 watts. That's 14 watts each side. That is a 66% reduction in current for the alternator. With the hazard lights on that is even less current from the alternators.

with today's cars using more current due to increased onboard electronics the current saving that led lights give is a must otherwise the alternator will be too large.

that is why I put all my lighting with leds. It takes the stress off the alternator. I don't care too much about looks. 

Michael.