Flashing Hazard Light issues

[BarnieTrk]

Hi ecbaatz,

Thank you for your reply & interest.

No, it does not have any blinker lights. It only has two headlights, one tail light (facing to the rear) and the two yellow hazard lights that are yellow on both sides (facing toward the front and rear).

BarnieTrk

 

[George2615]

So Fellas, I guess I'll tear the wiring apart and attach both fixture wires to the single hot feed wire, ay?

BarnieTrk

Since bulb has 2 filaments, the hot to one wire will give a dim light, hot to other wire will give a brighter light. Ground is through the mount. If you mounted the lights on a non metal fender you'll have to run a ground wire from frame to light mounts.

 

[BarnieTrk]

Since bulb has 2 filaments, the hot to one wire will give a dim light, hot to other wire will give a brighter light. Ground is through the mount. If you mounted the lights on a non metal fender you'll have to run a ground wire from frame to light mounts.

Ok George. I will tie both of the wires coming out of the light fixture to a single hot wire and run a ground wire to ring fastener at the fixture's bottom fastening nut.

BarnieTrk

 

[TerryR]

Barnie,

If your fixture is not grounded, connecting the two wires to hot and ground means they are operating in series. So both filaments are lighted, but with half voltage. No wonder they are dim.

Terry

 

[Threepoint]

Barnie,

If your fixture is not grounded, connecting the two wires to hot and ground means they are operating in series. So both filaments are lighted, but with half voltage. No wonder they are dim.

Terry

Yep, sounds like with your set-up the hot from your tractor should go only to one of the light leads, and that you should tape off the other lead (do not connect it to ground) as an earlier poster advised.

Try connecting first to the black lead, and next to the red lead to see which gives you the brighter light (if there is even a difference). The fixture evidently grounds through its mounting hardware. I'm guessing that when you originally connected your hot wire to one of the leads, then grounded the other lead, it caused a fault that presented as the too-rapid flash.

 

[ecbaatz]

One other option would be to change the flasher module. They have modules for towing and not towing due to the different current draw.

 

[Soundguy]

make sure the feed wire is of sufficient gauge for the load, fused, and the switch or module providing power is rated for the load... then just match what needs hot, nad what needs ground.

 

[BarnieTrk]

Ok George. I will tie both of the wires coming out of the light fixture to a single hot wire and run a ground wire to ring fastener at the fixture's bottom fastening nut. -- BarnieTrk

Well, I tied both wires coming out of the light fixture together and attached them to the single hot wire what had fed the old hazard lights. I also ran a ground wire to the base of the light fixture.

Now when I turn on the hazard switch, both lights light up & are MUCH brighter than they were with only one filament lite; but they do not flash.....so now maybe I need to change out the flasher unit?

I looked in my Owner's Manual, and of course they do not have any illustrations/photos of which relays/flasher unit is which.

I see what looks like a round flasher unit mounted under the hood, on the "driver's side" of the firewall...but I'm not sure that is it. There also is a square relay mounted next to it. On the 'passenger's side' of the firewall is a fuse block containing 3 blade fuses and another relay box next to it.

Anyone have any clues as to which would be the flasher unit?

Thanks in advance for any & all assistance, Guys!

BarnieTrk