Turn Signal Tone Beepers

[Fred Brooks]

    Hi Guys,

 Ever drive down the interstate and some guy in a big motorhome has his turn signals on but doesn't seem like he intends to change lanes. You finally decide to take a chance and pass him and hope for the best. So you pull in front of him and cycle your right and left turn signals repeatedly to advise him of his absent-mindedness.
    Well as annoying as that is, I am guilty of such a crime because I can't hear the flasher and my steering wheel obscures the lighted turn arrow indicators.
     Today I took action and added tone beepers purchased from Radio Shack (#273-0059) for $3.99 each to my turn signal indicator circuit. It was a pretty staight forward installation and took about a half hour. Remove the dash top access cover. Cut some ty-wraps to reveal the red and black wires going to the right and left arrow indicators. Strip back 1/4" of insulation and wrap the beeper wires around and solder. Red to red and Black to black. Tape up the connection and ty-wrap the harness as original. Butt splices will work if you don't want to solder the connections.
      The beepers are 75db and sound great with the dash cover back on. You can fine tune the volumn with tape over the hole, however I found them ok right out of the package. Enclosed are some pictures for reference.
    Regards, Fred

[Marty and Suzie Schenck]

Good idea Fred, I hope the tone is lower than the tone on the single stack Mack with a window in the back that I used to drive. LOL It drove me nuts it was so loud. You are correct though, the flasher tone does need to be a little louder. Good idea. Marty

[Edward Buker]

Good one Fred. I did that on my last RV and have not gotten to that chore on this one. I used just one tone generator and tied it to the blinker module wiring if I remember right....thanks for the idea and photos.

Later Ed

[Joel Ashley]

Only problem is that Radio Shack went belly up this year.  Might have to look elsewhere online for the device.

Joel

[Fred Brooks]

      Thanks Marty and Ed,
 
 I thought I would use the output of the flasher only to be reminded that load side is thru a ground circuit and I was too lazy to do the stacked relay thing. The beepers only pull 20 milliamps so it was faster just add them to the indicator circuit and not add a load. Drove today to Quartzite today and the truckers just smiled as they went by..............
     Joel, I think some of the radio shack stores were bought by Sprint or T-mobile because I was asking the manager and he said his store was not closing. Not really sure
      Happy Trails, Fred

[Bill Randle]

Yes, it was Sprint that bought some of the stores. You just need to check your local area to see if it will be staying or disappearing.

[Joel Ashley]

Already did check.  All 3 stores within a few miles of us are caput.  But no wonder... 1 store would've been enough.  Stretch yourself too thin, trying to maintain too much infrastructure, and you are history, especially if you can't compete correctly with online sources these days.

Joel