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06-25-2021, 09:19 PM
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Blinkers
Running a new GM-type wiring harness (EZ Wire), along with a Flaming River column, blinkers won't work. Everything else good, tails and front markers are LED, 2 LED flashers w/grounds. Getting no juice from the heavy purple wire that powers the blinkers from the fuse box to the long connector when key is on. Shouldn't this be hot when the key is on?
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06-26-2021, 01:52 AM
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Re: Blinkers
If the column has the ignition switch you are connecting to the correct purple wire. The one on the flat connector that you plug a pig tail from the harness into?
The one in the box with the spade connectors is the ignition solenoid wire. Just making sure we are on the correct page here. https://www.flamingriver.com/pub/med..._b_12.8.16.pdf
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06-26-2021, 08:29 AM
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Re: Blinkers
Correct.
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06-26-2021, 05:35 PM
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Re: Blinkers
More work today on this problem. Tested the purple wire from the fusebox, good continuity, so I put a jumper wire into the 2 flasher terminals, good power to the column connector now. Didn't hook it together to the column connector, kinda afraid to put constant 12V to the column and directional switch where there should be intermittent power through a flasher. So....sounds like the flasher is bad, but I take the known good flasher from the hazard and put into the blinkers...nothing. I put the old flasher (for incandescent bulbs) in and when testing the plug get a dim light on the tester. I'm stumped.
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06-27-2021, 01:47 AM
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Re: Blinkers
If you have LED lights you have a flasher that will operate LED lights.
If you make a jumper wire to replace the flasher with to test the circuits it won't hurt to run it for long enough to do a walk around and tell your self that yes you have power to the bulbs that way or no you don't.
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06-27-2021, 10:26 AM
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Re: Blinkers
I hired a shop to wire my truck, so that tells you I can't pretend to be overly knowledgeable
Regarding electrical problems...but. I wanted led bulbs, I knew I needed an led flasher, all that in place, no turn signals. Was told to try incandescent bulbs, I then had flashers. Long story short, I still needed a resistor installed on the front turn signals for all for to led lights to flash. |
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06-27-2021, 08:26 PM
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Re: Blinkers
Got it. Having 2 flashers, the were mounted opposite in polarity, which as a normal flasher with incandescent bulbs, works fine. Add a LED-type (compatible) flasher and it matters. Enough to drive you crazy for a couple days.
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