[Spridgets] Blinker

[Steven Michelsen]

I have had a similar radio shack buzzer set up the same way for years with 
no problem.  I regulate the volume with tape covering the buzzer!  When I 
get home I will look at it for a model number.  It was a cheap thing - a few 
dollars.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Rowe" <mdrowe at optonline.net>
To: "SPRIDGETS" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 1:19 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] Blinker


> My turn signal return does not work, so I put in a tiny Radio Shack buzzer 
> in parallel across the terminals of the flasher can.  This worked fine for 
> a month or so, with the buzzer sounding when the flasher was open, and 
> quiet when the flasher was closed (no potential).  Then the flasher 
> stopped opening, and several new flasher cans lasted shorter intervals, 
> one of them only one day.  I have determined that the current/voltage is 
> enough to power the flasher alone or the buzzer alone, but not both.  With 
> the buzzer attached, the flasher does not heat enough to open, and the 
> buzzer does not get enough current to make noise.
>
> I really don't understand how a buzzer 1/2" in diameter with really fine 
> wires can steal enough power to prevent the flasher from heating. I 
> measure 13v at the can.  Any thoughts?
>
> Michael Rowe
> '74 Midget
> '60 Sprite kit
> Long Island, NY