LED Turn signal advice

Waftycranker · Aug 24, 2017

SO i purchased the LED's and tested them and they work fine, with one LED in the front and incandescent in the rear it flashes like crazy.
Switched all of the bulbs out and installed the new relay (CF13GL-02) and i get nothing at all. Tried swopping the wires around on one light to see if they were back to front like in some of the posts and still nothing.
Put the incandescent's back in and work fine.
Leaning towards a faulty relay. Any way of checking please

DEcosse · Aug 24, 2017

You can swap the original relay back in - they should operate but just flash fast.
That will at least tell you if all the polarities are correct
Check that you have not blown the fuse - You can simply see if the horn & brake light work - that confirms fuse is good; if they don't it's blown

Confirm that your relay is absolutely the correct one - i.e. is a GL and not a JL

RocketmanBristol · Aug 25, 2017

My indicators were flashing fast without LED,s installed, the GL relay seems very rare here in the UK had to get mine from a company in Germany which struck me as being a little bizarre for a British bike!

DEcosse · Aug 25, 2017

here's one in UK - LED compatible flasher indicator relay works with mixed LED / Bulb combinations

RocketmanBristol · Aug 25, 2017

DEcosse said:
here's one in UK - LED compatible flasher indicator relay works with mixed LED / Bulb combinations

Your detective work is obviously better than mine! That or you have more patience than me....................

Mittzy · Aug 25, 2017

I nstalled 10w surface mount LEDs (bit of a fabrication) and use the standard relay - works great.
I have the prison type indicators and the LEDs they came with are rubbish

Waftycranker · Aug 25, 2017

It's definitely the relay. Contacted the company I purchased them off but still waiting for a response.
What goody to buy next lol

barbagris · Aug 25, 2017

You may find that in the EU the relay is labeled CF14 -

Amazon.co.uk: flasher relay led - Prime Eligible

Mine is most certainly thus labeled though it came from HongKong. I was not sure of the pin orientation back then (no Ken to ask) and so bought 1 of each.

barbagris · Aug 26, 2017

Mittzy said:
I nstalled 10w surface mount LEDs (bit of a fabrication) and use the standard relay - works great.

Oh yes indeedy sir!.

Amber leds or white leds under amber?. With a bit of precision you can fit 2 surface mounts inside. My rears have RED and AMBER in :whitstling:

- BUT more than a a couple of seconds on steady and they will "gate-down" and get ruddy hot. You need a 3rd brake flasher or similar for the reds. I am about to order up some programmable ones.

This said 1 centrally placed surface mount gives a better fill to the lens. :thumbsup:

Mittzy · Aug 26, 2017

barbagris said:
Oh yes indeedy sir!.

Amber leds or white leds under amber?. With a bit of precision you can fit 2 surface mounts inside. My rears have RED and AMBER in - BUT more than a a couple of seconds on steady and they will "gate-down" and get ruddy hot. You need a 3rd brake flasher or similar for the reds. I am about to order up some programmable ones.

This said 1 centrally placed surface mount gives a better fill to the lens.

The prison lights are a bit smaller

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