HOWTO... Indicator buzzers!

[Cigaro]

Well, I decided to mount my new small indicators actually on the rear light casing of the GN today.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/xen0morph/1-2.jpg

While I was there I thought I would wire a nice loud buzzer up to the indicator circuit, so people can hear as well as see when I'm indicating. I have seen this feature on quite a few instructor's bikes and it seems like a pretty good safety feature, certainly captures people's attention anyway.

The circuit diagram:

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/xen0morph/buzzercircuit.gif

This is of my own design. The two diodes are there so that just one buzzer can be used. If you omit them, both indicators will come on at once.

You need to connect them with the white stripe facing together.

Here's how I did it:

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/xen0morph/2-2.jpg

That particular mess of wiring and the buzzer itself hides nicely behind the number plate. The connections are wrapped in tape as insulation as the heatshrink is too small to go over them, don't worry, I haven't just twisted the wires together - I've soldered them

On the right hand side you can see the diodes themselves encased in heatshrink, the other end of them connects to the indicator feeds in parallel with the indicators themselves.

The buzzer is this one: at Maplin. It's plenty loud enough.

Hope this is useful to someone

[DrDonnyBrago]

Is it loud enough to be heard through a car window by an inattentive cager?

Cheers for the writeup btw

[badas]

i got a buzzer thats built into the a regulator or rectifier not sure, basicly what makes my indies blink, it gets on your tits when your sat in traffic for more than 10 secconds

[27cows]

I had something once with a indi bleeper on it. Superdream maybe. Whatever it was, it completely did my nut in You never forgot to cancel your indicators, but you did get home feeling like taking a hammer to the fucking bike I removed the bleeper, needless to say.
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[Charlie]

I remember my friend's Aerox having one fitted when we were 16. It used to crack me up, sitting at traffic lights with the indicator on waiting for the lights to change. I'd just sit there pissing myself at him as he hung his head in shame.

Nice write up though Bassjunky. We use those exact diodes in the electronic lad at university. I always remember which way to put them from the symbol, i.e. the wall on the symbol is the line on the diode.

Let us know how you get on, and if it annoys the tits out of you!
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[Dazbo666]

My main thought was that it's a great idea so that you never forget to cancel your indicators... but that it would probably get on your nerves after a while
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[KevTM]

My KLX had a replacement buzzer type relay, fricking annoying to say the least, never used my indicators though so wasn't as annoying as it could have been.

Does seem, like said, more of a "turn your indicator off you idiot" warning rather than "Look at me, i'm indicating" thing.