rds1952

My turn signal rate of blink is twice as fast as I would like it with original style bulbs (not led). Is there a switch that when signal blinks it goes to tail light. When signal drops out it automatically switches to what i'll call the 2nd leg. The 2nd leg would be setup as a dead end. When signal drops switch goes back to 1st leg. This continues as long as the turn signal is on. The tail light would only blink when voltage is received to the 1st leg. My non-electrical self says this would slow my signal flash in half, or if normal is 70 blinks a minute, it would only blink 35 times a minute. Repeating this is a 2007 Mustang with that blank blank smart junction box. I picture a capital letter "V". The wire from the sjb comes into the bottom of the "V". The switch automatically switches from left to right everytime either voltage is rec'd or dropped out. Then right to left and so on.
I hope you can understand what I'm trying to say.

Thanks....

xkape

Something tells me you are just going to have to try that one out and see how it goes..lol

Norm Peterson

Do I understand correctly that you replaced non-LED bulbs with LEDs?

If so, you may need to add one or more resistors somewhere. I'm not really an electrical guy, but LEDs draw so much less current that most blinker systems set up for non-LED think that you've got a burned out bulb, and the rapid flashing is actually the warning method for letting you know that one of your directional bulbs has burned out. Kind of opposite to what you might think.

That might be enough to start a search on, or you may get a better reply.


Norm

rds1952

no I've got the normal bulbs NOT LED

BWfVA

I didn't understand any of that. Its sounds like to me you have burnt out bulb

Nyhm

What I understood from it was is that he doesn't like the speed of the blinking and wants to slow it down, I don't think it's faster than stock atm
Could be wrong though...

akdoggie

That's what I got out of it too. The flasher unit for his car could be replaced with an electronic style h/d flasher. That is what is used in big trucks for multiple lights, so it goes to figure that this would slow down the 6-8 lights used on in the S197's. The lesser pull of the lights, would keep the flasher resisting longer before completing the cycle. Eh?

rds1952

all bulbs are standard original mfg and in working order. 07 has the SJB and not a separate flasher. If I can make what I'm trying to do work, the front signals would continue to operate normally and the rear would flash every other time as in "blink-xxxxx-blink-xxxxx-blink. Hint: yes sequential turn signals are the reason but have to bearing on the theory of what I am trying to do. In none educated electronics, its voltage in and automatic switching back and forth out to two poles.

wayne613

Wow man. I'm the token white guy where I work, and I had trouble with that.

Anyhow, what you're trying to accomplish is doable, but not without electrical experience/knowledge, doesn't need to be engineering level, but you will need to design a timer circuit to intercept, then alter, timing wise, what the SJB is doing already.

http://iihs.net/fsm/?dir=40&viewfile...rd%20Lamps.pdf(last page)

This is what the aftermarket sequential turn signal kits essentially do. They just continue to use the SJB trigger for each as their own trigger to redo the flashing of the turn signals at the individual lamp housing level, and overall for most of the offerings.

If you're really not happy with it, that might be a good starting point, look up how, and what one of those are doing, and alter to suit.
You'd likely wish to ask for a bit of help on some of the electronic hobbyist boards, I'd bet there'd be a few willing to do design and implement a splice-in solution for you for a small fee if this is something that really bugs you. There are a few ways to actually get this done. The same method is also in play for the previous mustang [new edge] generation (99-04), may wish to give cliffyk a short(and concise) PM about this. He would probably be willing to help you out, at the very least designing something, if you ask nicely.