jnsgardner
01-06-2006, 09:08 PM
Maybe Alzheimer's is setting in, but I still forget to cancel my turn signals. Yes, I've heard you that hit the button early and often, but all it takes is just once....just once in thousands can get you hurt or killed. I bought the Kissen and it installed fine after I found out the turn signal relay block was the most furthest back on the right in the relay cluster under the left cover. Get all the other relays reconnected as one is the 'kill switch' and you may wonder...as I did.. why the STeed doesn't start.
Anyway, the Kissen wasn't much help. Yes, my signal stopped blinking after some seconds (actually 16 blinks), but there I was with one yellow light out which was better than an erroneous blinker, but I had to reset....and, well, I just didn't feel it was as safe as I could make it.
I read about a Blinker Buddy on some thread...I like to think of it as a Buzzer Buddy... and bought one.
I have no trouble with the seat install, but...
It has two wires, red and black,....I've talked to the maker and the colors don't have the normal positive and negative meanings. The buzzer works either way. BTY, it buzzes hard enough, so that you don't want to hold it in your hand.
I have the Honda wiring diagram and the maker says to mate the wire with the orange and light blue wires that circuit through the turn signals. These come through a major connector with a notch in it on the diagram...but also at something labeled 'option'.
1. I've tried two major dealers here in San Diego and no-one knows if the connector is under the left or right middle fairing...the hardest to remove.
My plan is to FIND THE CONNECTOR and then pull back the the protective cover, push the two wires from the buzzer through the cover's wire end. push the orange and light blue wires out of the connector, push the two wires into the slots beside them, and then pull them back together... hoping that a connection will be made without cutting or soldering.
2. Is there a better way? Maybe that 'option' plug (wherever that is) that has orange and light blue wires leading to it? It needs power and ground to buzz with every signal flash, left or right.
This seems like a perfect answer to a common problem. A buzzing in the seat...don't go there... gives you that warning without making you look or remember.
John
Anyway, the Kissen wasn't much help. Yes, my signal stopped blinking after some seconds (actually 16 blinks), but there I was with one yellow light out which was better than an erroneous blinker, but I had to reset....and, well, I just didn't feel it was as safe as I could make it.
I read about a Blinker Buddy on some thread...I like to think of it as a Buzzer Buddy... and bought one.
I have no trouble with the seat install, but...
It has two wires, red and black,....I've talked to the maker and the colors don't have the normal positive and negative meanings. The buzzer works either way. BTY, it buzzes hard enough, so that you don't want to hold it in your hand.
I have the Honda wiring diagram and the maker says to mate the wire with the orange and light blue wires that circuit through the turn signals. These come through a major connector with a notch in it on the diagram...but also at something labeled 'option'.
1. I've tried two major dealers here in San Diego and no-one knows if the connector is under the left or right middle fairing...the hardest to remove.
My plan is to FIND THE CONNECTOR and then pull back the the protective cover, push the two wires from the buzzer through the cover's wire end. push the orange and light blue wires out of the connector, push the two wires into the slots beside them, and then pull them back together... hoping that a connection will be made without cutting or soldering.
2. Is there a better way? Maybe that 'option' plug (wherever that is) that has orange and light blue wires leading to it? It needs power and ground to buzz with every signal flash, left or right.
This seems like a perfect answer to a common problem. A buzzing in the seat...don't go there... gives you that warning without making you look or remember.
John