Hi All,
First a reply to WA Glen, they
are connected to the brake lights, in these pics they are at running lights intensity, but put the brakes on and they are twice as bright!! They are also connected to the indicators, the
Red light bar on the side that has the indicators flashing flashes in sympathy. Which can be a problem...see below!!
Next, for those who pointed out that Mr Plod gets all bent out of shape when indicators are
Red not
Yellow, I disconnected the indicator function of the
Red light bars, fitted two smaller supplementary
Yellow bars and connected them to the indicators. Results below;
Bigger bars are
RED, smaller bars are
Yellow (Not yet lit)
Still clearly visible even against the sunlight outside.
Again.
And as it proved impossible to actually capture the dammed flashing yellow indicators in a still camera;
Sorry, taken on an iPhone as the video camera battery is flat!!
Other side.
...and both!
(Not sure what happened with the pics and then the video, but can't be bothered to sort it out, you get the idea!)
Lets hope they can see me now!!!
And last but least, I shamelessly plagiarised an idea I saw on TJ's bike. With the dash shelf fitted it is actually quite difficult to see the Indicator repeaters on the instrument pod, so I went to Jaycar, bought myself a handful of yellow LEDs, some resistors and some wire. I soldered one resistor to each LED, drilled a couple of holes next to the outer edge of each wing mirror and super-glued the LEDs in place, then connected them to the indicator lights on the end of each wing mirror. Hey presto, new indicator repeaters that are visible in everything except the brightest sunlight! Total cost, less that $5.00!!
First the left-hand Indicator, a small fumble, then the right-hand indicator!
Anyone wants to repeat this installation I can provide suppliers/costs etc. Just let me know.
