[ottoman29]

I did the alternate method for Chet's fourway flashers ( CHET'S FOURWAYS FOR BIKES ), installed everything like it said, and now when they're on, the ignition turns on and off. The only thing I can think of is putting it on the wrong blue and orange wires with the white stripe. When disconnected, they work normally.

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[ottoman29]

I changed the wire with the diodes to the straight orange and blue wires which fixed it. Its an 2003 Shadow A.C.E. My guess is the striped wires are for the running lights?

 

[smilie]

Glad you got it figured out. If you had a manual you wouldn't have had to guess.

 

[Toolferone]

Cool!

 

[Ramie]

Glad you found the problem, I would love to see what kind of switch you used and where you mounted it and how you're keeping it water tight, post some pics.

 

[ottoman29]

It's one of these:

Lighted SPST Rocker Switch - Radioshack

I drilled a hole on my gauge mount, then shoegooed that on there. I ran the ground wire to the ground point at the front of the bike.

 

[Ramie]

I looked at using something like that but was worried it wasn't water proof and that its only a STSP switch. How did you wire it without getting feedback when you use your turnsignals, I would think if you wired both turn signals to one terminal both your signals would flash when you turned on a turnsignal. don't you need to isolate the left and right turnsignal wires from eachother?

 

[ottoman29]

I put a second flasher in. I think you can put a diode on the stock black/brown wire and use one since the gray wire only supplies power to the turn signal switch which is directed when the signal is turned on. I think that is what the diodes are for, so the voltage doesnt go back thru the switch or each other.

 

[Ramie]

Didn't see you used the Alternate method, I was concerned about using diodes because they can get hot. I did find this switch so i think i'll go the normal wiring without any buzzers.
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