10-27-2019, 01:52 PM
(10-27-2019, 06:59 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: Interesting post, CM. I think I understood some of it. Don't do anything that will stop you riding your CB. I suspect you'll regret it.
http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....#pid252370
Thanks Cormanus and especially for that link my prior search did not find. The key word is series resistor, i.e. more current limiting --> less power still... I had just assumed parallel... I really am not working that thing mounted on my shoulders like I used to. Screw getting old
And yea... I bought the CB to keep me and my rifle out of the nearest tower since I had 5 dead motorcycles in my garage I had ridden into the ground and the insanity was soaring. Not riding would absolutely dial up the regret!
(10-27-2019, 07:38 AM)Chuckk_imp Wrote: I installed LED's in my hard bags and left the fronts alone.. it changes the pulse rate of them, but I don't mind.. I then added a beeper to remind me to turn off my directionals when finished with my turn.. one video shows the pulse rate of my directional and the other is my flashers.. both are after my install ..
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there are some type of load resistors they sell to keep the pulses at the stock rate, but that might draw the juice you are trying to save.. I bought two on eBay, but never used them.. the fluctuation you see on the tail light comes from the install of my beeper.. when I activate one of my brakes, the beeper silences itself, but the directional is still operating.. then when I release the brake , the beeper will sound again, until I cancel my directional .. don't ask me why the LED's flash at different rates.. maybe the load of all four bulbs flashing at the same time..
![[Image: 93efdb6ec548bd8aaac8a51f9c0f85c0.mp4]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201910/93efdb6ec548bd8aaac8a51f9c0f85c0.mp4)
![[Image: 46290405ca17f13792b677968ea522f3.mp4]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201910/46290405ca17f13792b677968ea522f3.mp4)
Thank you for your reply Chuckk.. Nice bags BTW. The rep rate of the hazards would work for me but I would want to slow down the blinker rate but good news in that linked comment from Cormanus that it's a series resistor. Neat solution to not leaving your blinker on forever too. My two KZP's (1982 design built in 1998) have self-cancelling blinkers.. don't think I ever got curious enough to see how that worked but I think the speedo sensor is involved. The ABS sensor could certainly have been involved on the CB.
CM