ELECTRICS HELP - FOR A NUMPTY

[(RIP) petcul]

Out of the blue when I switch either indicator on the hazard warning lights come on (confusing those following me!!!). Remedy? Thanks.

 

[Black Rooster]

possibly a bad earth or a bad flasher unit

 

[beemer pimp]

Have you got alarm ? That could be culprit too

 

[Fanum]

possibly a bad earth or a bad flasher unit

VERY likely to be a bad (stuck) flasher unit.

Open up your fuse box, pull the unit, give it a gentle tap on all sides and check the prongs for corrosion then stick it back in and try it again

EDIT.....Do you have a digital multi meter? The unit is easy enough to test if you do

EDIT2 IIRC, the flasher unit has a little gate system to hold it in tight, it doesn't just 'pull'. Its obvious enough when you look at it.

 

[(RIP) petcul]

Thanks guys. No joy so far so off to the "expert" next week!!!

 

[Fanum]

Thanks guys. No joy so far so off to the "expert" next week!!!

Before you piss money away.....

Take the flasher unit out.
Spray the block that plugs into it thoroughly with WD40, and spray the wires going back into the depths as well, as far back as you can.....give pins a scrub with a dry toothbrush if possible
Spray the contacts on the flasher side and scrub if poss
Give the switch gear a squirt too while you're at it, including the hazard switch.....if you've got one of those nozzle squirters, use that to spray up inside the switch casings if you can.
Leave the flasher unit in the airing cupboard until you need to ride again or a couple of days, then retry it.

5 mins work, moderate chance of success, zero cost

 

[Greg Masters]

If you have an 850 or 1100, the hazards are activated by pressing BOTH winky-dinks simultaneously. Are you inadvertently doing that?

 

[topcat2006]

I thought the 1100 had a hazard warning rocker switch by the clocks? I'm sure mine did - 3 switches one for ABS, one for Hazard and one for Heated Grips. My 1200 you activate the hazards by pressing both left and right together.

 

[Fanum]

If you have an 850 or 1100, the hazards are activated by pressing BOTH winky-dinks simultaneously. Are you inadvertently doing that?

I think you should get an award or a plate or at least a sticker for your awesome insertion of the highly sexually charged yet innocent looking phrase "pressing BOTH winky-dinks simultaneously" in an otherwise innocuous thread.

You are, undoubtedly, the winky-dink insertion god

 

[Black Rooster]

I thought the 1100 had a hazard warning rocker switch by the clocks? I'm sure mine did - 3 switches one for ABS, one for Hazard and one for Heated Grips. My 1200 you activate the hazards by pressing both left and right together.

yup mines has a haz switch on the dash

 

[(RIP) petcul]

If you have an 850 or 1100, the hazards are activated by pressing BOTH winky-dinks simultaneously. Are you inadvertently doing that?

Nope but thanks.