Electronic flashers for LED directionals???


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Electronic flashers for LED directionals???

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Hey guys, I just tried to install LED flashers, using CF13JL-02 flashers.
(as mentioned here: viewtopic.php?p=190297#p190297)
Obviously I got the three connections wrong because now I have NO
directional signals, not even when I put the original flasher back in.
All fuses are good. Everything else works as it should.
The four-ways still work fine since they run off of a separate flasher.
What did I burn out what did I burn out by hooking the flasher up wrong?


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Re: Electronic flashers for LED directionals???

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Did you try check the relays in the relay panel?
I'm 5 hrs away from my service manual.
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Yes, I checked every fuse and relay in the panel.
And I checked all other functions on the bike.
Everything seems to be working as normal,
except the directional signals.
Whatever happened, it happened when I plugged
the electronic flasher in the wrong way.
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The self cancelling module, in the steering stem?
Time to break out the meter and wiring diagram to do some troubleshooting.
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Is the self canceling module still available as a replacement part?
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Re: Electronic flashers for LED directionals???

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Had this happen on my '85 1200 Limited Edition. Looked at the 1500 wiring diagrams. There should be a white/green (power to flasher), a grey wire, out to load, and a green wire to the negative terminal on the flasher - this is the one that goes out into the system and uses the self-cancelling unit to ground the flasher, shutting the signal off.

I would hook up the 3 pin flasher and not connect the negative pin, signals should work but need to be manually cancelled, or use a two pin flasher first to prove the system still works. Hook the white/green wire to the positive pin and the grey wire to the load. Once I did this the signals worked but no self-cancelling. Installed the OEM flasher and no joy as well. Turned out to be the self-cancelling unit.

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Rednaxs60, thank you VERY much.
I'll try that next time I'm in the shop.
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offcenter wrote: Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:19 pm Is the self canceling module still available as a replacement part?
Yes it is. Part number 35220-MN5-003
$200 new from Honda or $20 used from ebay.
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Re: Electronic flashers for LED directionals???

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Thanks. Ordered one from Ebay.


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