erburtt
Junior Member
Okay, so I'm well acquainted with the need for a flasher relay rated for LED's due to their lower power consumption etc.
What I've been working on is my custom wiring harness for my project bike, a 1979 Honda CM185, its a 6 volt bike and I wanted to run LED turn signals and brake light, so along with doing the entire bikes wiring from scratch, I included a 12 volt power pack wired in separately to power the lights. Ive got everything done and the last thing was to wire in the flasher relay I bought (Grote 44891). I think the draw from the LED's I'm using is too low, as when I try the switch they light up very dimly and don't flash, when I connect the ground wire on the relay, they don't work at all. I know the lights work fine because when I wire them up without the relay the turn signal switch lights them up nice and bright, just obviously not flashing.
Is there a relay anyone knows about that requires an extremely low amount of current to trigger it? or is there another route I could go? Ive thought about a micro-controller for the FZ6 before (so I could program 2 wire LED's to be running lights and flashers), but gave up after a grumpy salesperson at a electronics store wouldn't recommend me one.
What I've been working on is my custom wiring harness for my project bike, a 1979 Honda CM185, its a 6 volt bike and I wanted to run LED turn signals and brake light, so along with doing the entire bikes wiring from scratch, I included a 12 volt power pack wired in separately to power the lights. Ive got everything done and the last thing was to wire in the flasher relay I bought (Grote 44891). I think the draw from the LED's I'm using is too low, as when I try the switch they light up very dimly and don't flash, when I connect the ground wire on the relay, they don't work at all. I know the lights work fine because when I wire them up without the relay the turn signal switch lights them up nice and bright, just obviously not flashing.
Is there a relay anyone knows about that requires an extremely low amount of current to trigger it? or is there another route I could go? Ive thought about a micro-controller for the FZ6 before (so I could program 2 wire LED's to be running lights and flashers), but gave up after a grumpy salesperson at a electronics store wouldn't recommend me one.
Is it going to be a custom or a restoration?
