09-19-2020, 05:06 PM
Having the same pesky problem Pekingduck and i was looking at various handlebar switches too.
Don't want to interfere with your idea but just wanted to present another option, see what you think of it.
After some time it occurred to me that it only takes a fraction of a second to cancel the turn signals, so;
What if we had a delayed horn button?
The simplest way to do this is with a small pcb relay, a 330 ohm resistor and a 2200 uf capacitor across the coil of the relay ( my relay happened to be polarity sensitive, be aware ) the switch is pushed, the capacitor charges up and when it is at the 8 volt point it makes the contacts and sounds the horn, one horn draws 2 amps so 4 amps relay contacts would do it nicely.
So now i have over a second delay ( which is too long but it proves the point ) and i have not sounded the horn by mistake yet, the setup is plug and play and connects to the horn spade connectors ( 12v connector comes off, plugs into the delay and the other re-connects to the horn plus again, the negative 10 mA slips under the horn negative terminal and of course the whole thing can be removed quickly;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN5d8MERWj4
The horn test is at the end of the video at 3 minutes and it is installed on my cb1000r.
I rode the cb1100 today and beeped the horn 4 times, i need to make another delay for that one too, what a kerfuffle!
Don't want to interfere with your idea but just wanted to present another option, see what you think of it.
After some time it occurred to me that it only takes a fraction of a second to cancel the turn signals, so;
What if we had a delayed horn button?
The simplest way to do this is with a small pcb relay, a 330 ohm resistor and a 2200 uf capacitor across the coil of the relay ( my relay happened to be polarity sensitive, be aware ) the switch is pushed, the capacitor charges up and when it is at the 8 volt point it makes the contacts and sounds the horn, one horn draws 2 amps so 4 amps relay contacts would do it nicely.
So now i have over a second delay ( which is too long but it proves the point ) and i have not sounded the horn by mistake yet, the setup is plug and play and connects to the horn spade connectors ( 12v connector comes off, plugs into the delay and the other re-connects to the horn plus again, the negative 10 mA slips under the horn negative terminal and of course the whole thing can be removed quickly;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN5d8MERWj4
The horn test is at the end of the video at 3 minutes and it is installed on my cb1000r.
I rode the cb1100 today and beeped the horn 4 times, i need to make another delay for that one too, what a kerfuffle!