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Hi guys, Ever since I bought the Z I've noticed that some people stop unnecessarily close behind me, so I recently bought a smoked led foglight from EVO-R (<--good guy

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Old 06-11-2012, 11:06 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi guys,
Ever since I bought the Z I've noticed that some people stop unnecessarily close behind me, so I recently bought a smoked led foglight from EVO-R (<--good guy to deal with) and a prebuilt flasher relay to get their attention.

I had seen others that built their own relays and while it looked cool I wanted something with a lockout time so it wouldn't flash constantly while stopped. I also needed it to be simple (only 3 wires to hookup) as I'm not an electrical genius. What I bought was a prebuilt relay with 36 selectable modes including "don't flash". The relay also locks out the flash function for 15/30 seconds after you release the brake.
Universal Brake Light Flasher/Strober - 36 modes Universal Brake Light Flasher/Strober - 36 modes [unvbrkflsh36] - $19.95 : 3rdBrakeFlasher, E-commerce web site


Here it is powered off. It's about the size of a quarter and encased in plastic so it should be very weather resistant.


Powered on/brake applied:


My coffee table test setup powered by a 9V battery:


This is how you select the mode you want. You momentarily jump these two white wires.


How I wired everything. Only three wires to connect.


On the back of the EVO-R foglight I only used black and red. I just tied off the white wire.




Here's a quick video of the relay in action.

The flashing isn't as fast as in the video. My camera just made it seem that way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N8dze2vnSE

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Could there be a way to manually select "on, off, and flashing" by a switch or so at any moment regardless of the specific situation as braking or wiring to tailights.
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I'm trying to work out a wiring method with a similar device, to make it steady 100% with lights on and flash on-off when braking instead of 50% steady and 50-100% flash. Still no luck
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Could there be a way to manually select "on, off, and flashing" by a switch or so at any moment regardless of the specific situation as braking or wiring to tailights.
While there is a way to select "flashing off" you would have to cycle through all 36 modes to reach it. There is a harness that lets you switch the fog on/off.
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You could probably combine the harness and the programmable relay to do instant on/flashing or off.
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I'm trying to work out a wiring method with a similar device, to make it steady 100% with lights on and flash on-off when braking instead of 50% steady and 50-100% flash. Still no luck
I'm afraid I can't be much help in this case but I assume braking applies 100% power to the fog light and the driving lights are 50% power. You would have to supply 100% power to the fog light from the parking lights (I have no idea how to do that) and then interrupt that power source (probably with a relay) at a regular interval when you apply the brakes.
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