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Woodie

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I picked up a buzzer from radio shack today. Can I simply hook the two wires across the terminal of the flasher relay? or is there a better way? (1970-1275)
 
You want to put some sort of delay circuit in there, say 30 seconds or adjustable via a pot so the darn thing isn't driving you crazy every time you flip on the turn signal. One of the electical geniuses on this list probably has seen some sort of circuit to do exactly that.

Yeah it increases the complexity but might make it more user friendly.
 
I put the buzzer in across the terminals on the flasher. The buzzer buzzes in between the flashes..... So, flash....buzz....flash....buzz.

It would not work in series with the lights.

I don't mind the buzzing at all. I want to know when the flashers are on. If there is some sort of delay circuit, then you have the potential for 30 seconds where the flasher is on but you forgot about it.
 
Well I look at the diagram here https://www.spridget-tech.com/wiring_diagrams/Diagram_7.pdf
and there are two flasher units, #25 and #154
I believe that #25 is the turn signal flasher (and on my car is in the engine bay) and #154 if the hazard flasher as it leads to the flasher light bulb (and this one sits in the radio console).

Given that #25 is two wires, I assume I connect two buzzer leads to these two leads, with no matter to which colour (black or red) goes to which pin on the flasher. Correct?
 
Under Engine Bay is correct, me thinking one should be grounded.
 
sorry if I confused, the wires going to the flasher are green and
light green/brown, the wires on the buzzer are red and black
 
I think that it is 25, LGN Red and Black Ground.
 
If this a piezoelectric beeper (AKA buzzer, but it really makes a beep) you can simply connect it in parallel with the indicator light on the dash. This is what I did on mine. They only pull a few milliamps, which is nothing compared to the light itself.

I suppose I could have made a delay circuit as suggested, but I didn't. The more annoying, the less likely it will be forgotten. If it's too loud, you can reduce the voltage with a couple resistors or just put a piece of tape over part of the sound-output hole.
 
Steve then you must have two buzzers, one on each light?
 
Some of early cars only have one light, the BE has it right in the center above and between the tach and speedo.
 
No you don't need a buzzer for each light. The hot goes to the flasher relay then out to the turn signal switch then out to the bulbs. Hook the buzzer between the wire going from the flasher to the turn signal stalk switch and ground, then it will buzz no matter which side is flashing. Here is a link to a short video of the piezo speaker I added. Note it is a speaker, not a buzzer. It only clicks real loud. Find one of those old 6x9 coaxial speakers and steal that center little piezo speaker out of it and hook it there. https://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v28/regularman/?action=view&current=002.flv
 
That flasher unit is not grounded. On Bugsy it works fine just hanging there not touching anything. OE Flasher quit, I just connected wires up to a replacement $2.00 flasher relay. Try what Kim suggests. Connect to the two terminals and see what happens. Worst case you let the smoke out of a $2.00 part or blow a fuse.
 
Bugeye just has one indicator light--sorry if I was unclear; I meant the one on the dash. The one which is shows you that you left the turn signals on fifteen minutes ago.
 
Jim_Gruber said:
That flasher unit is not grounded. On Bugsy it works fine just hanging there not touching anything. OE Flasher quit, I just connected wires up to a replacement $2.00 flasher relay. Try what Kim suggests. Connect to the two terminals and see what happens. Worst case you let the smoke out of a $2.00 part or blow a fuse.
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The flasher does not need to be grounded. It passes the hot out to the switch and to the bulb wich is grounded and makes the circuit. It has contacts that break and make as it heat up and cools down with the current load on it from the bulb. One side of your flasher goes to a fused hot, the other is the one that cuts off and on and flashes either bulb that is connected. Just connect your niosemaker between this wire and ground. It wond burn up anything.
 
And the definitive answer is.....(on my car anyway)

the buzzer wires connect one to each of the flasher relay spade pins(wicj one to which pin does not matter).
It will buzz as mentioned earlier out of sequence with the lights (whoopty doo)
No grounding is required, no smoke escaped.
I ran about 3 feet of wire from the buzzer (conveniently placed in the radio console to allow me to hear it with the roof down stereo blasting and revving past 4000 in 1st 2nd and third as I pull away at a corner) to the flasher unit located in the engine bay just in front of the firewall and the passenger screaming in terror as the back end slides out and I correct like a dirt track driver and continue on my way singing any Led Zepplin song that happens to be on..............gotta love little british sports cars


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Woodie's been smelling too much exhaust lately but concur, Beach Boys Greatest Hits sititng in the CD players right now and Top Down blasting through the gears it sounds pretty darn fine. And when Hey Little Cobra comes on, well.... all my Walter Mitty fantasies come to life. Enjoy.
 
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