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May I suggest you wire your fornicators
so they cancel as soon as the door opens please :0
And that you remember to park away from the footway (sidewalk?)
Spell checker suggested "Fornicators" instead of "Trafficators".
It sounded fun so I took their fun filled advice
It's a grey day here otherwise
so they cancel as soon as the door opens please :0
And that you remember to park away from the footway (sidewalk?)
Spell checker suggested "Fornicators" instead of "Trafficators".
It sounded fun so I took their fun filled advice
It's a grey day here otherwise
In reply to # 5175 by 73midget
My understanding is that trafficators were only on UK cars; true or false?
How easy/hard is it to install them to a US car, assuming one can find a pair without trading in a kidney?
what years will they fit to?
thanks in advance!
How easy/hard is it to install them to a US car, assuming one can find a pair without trading in a kidney?
what years will they fit to?
thanks in advance!
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In reply to # 14105 by 0123
May I suggest you wire your [trafficators]
so they cancel as soon as the door opens please :0
And that you remember to park away from the footway (sidewalk?)
so they cancel as soon as the door opens please :0
And that you remember to park away from the footway (sidewalk?)
Wiring the trafficators to cancel as soon as the door opens is certainly doable but would be tricky. The trafficator grounds out through its mounting so it only has a single wire leading to it which would come from the trafficator switch. You would need a door switch to cut power on the trafficator lead to shut it off. That said, the stock style door switches of most or all British cars generally operate lights by grounding the wire allowing a current to flow when the door is opened rather than when closed. Thus, they can't easily be adapted without employing a relay or devising an alternate switching mechanism. For me, it's easier to just live with the risk of breaking them and simply be careful getting in and out when the trafficators are on, or alternately, pointedly turn them off when I've pulled over, if people are getting in and out.
--Alex Haugland
Eugene, Oregon
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How about fitting
a normally closed relay
between indicator switch
and trafficator?
Powered by the ignition
earthed by the door switch.
When the door switch closes
power flows through the relay.
The relay opens.
The power to the officiator ceases.
The semaphore arm drops.
One normally closed relay each side.
a normally closed relay
between indicator switch
and trafficator?
Powered by the ignition
earthed by the door switch.
When the door switch closes
power flows through the relay.
The relay opens.
The power to the officiator ceases.
The semaphore arm drops.
One normally closed relay each side.
In reply to # 14179 by ahaugland
Wiring the trafficators to cancel as soon as the door opens is certainly doable but would be tricky. The trafficator grounds out through its mounting so it only has a single wire leading to it which would come from the trafficator switch. You would need a door switch to cut power on the trafficator lead to shut it off. That said, the stock style door switches of most or all British cars generally operate lights by grounding the wire allowing a current to flow when the door is opened rather than when closed. Thus, they can't easily be adapted without employing a relay or devising an alternate switching mechanism. For me, it's easier to just live with the risk of breaking them and simply be careful getting in and out when the trafficators are on, or alternately, pointedly turn them off when I've pulled over, if people are getting in and out.
--Alex Haugland
Eugene, Oregon
USA
In reply to # 14105 by 0123
May I suggest you wire your [trafficators]
so they cancel as soon as the door opens please :0
And that you remember to park away from the footway (sidewalk?)
so they cancel as soon as the door opens please :0
And that you remember to park away from the footway (sidewalk?)
Wiring the trafficators to cancel as soon as the door opens is certainly doable but would be tricky. The trafficator grounds out through its mounting so it only has a single wire leading to it which would come from the trafficator switch. You would need a door switch to cut power on the trafficator lead to shut it off. That said, the stock style door switches of most or all British cars generally operate lights by grounding the wire allowing a current to flow when the door is opened rather than when closed. Thus, they can't easily be adapted without employing a relay or devising an alternate switching mechanism. For me, it's easier to just live with the risk of breaking them and simply be careful getting in and out when the trafficators are on, or alternately, pointedly turn them off when I've pulled over, if people are getting in and out.
--Alex Haugland
Eugene, Oregon
USA
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Hi
Recollections of my 1956 VW beetle might shed some light. Mine was a US export model, left hand drive, probably originally bought by a US soldier stationed in Germany. This car did not have trafficators, only modern indicators.
The UK version definitely had trafficators, and I was told at the time that trafficators were not legal in the US in1956 anyway, which explained the lack of trafficators. Seems likely that the same rule would have applied to Morris Minors as well.
Hope that is useful.
Malcolm
Have tried to attach a photo of a similar beetle, and also a photo of my 1959 convertible, which has no sign of trafficators.
Recollections of my 1956 VW beetle might shed some light. Mine was a US export model, left hand drive, probably originally bought by a US soldier stationed in Germany. This car did not have trafficators, only modern indicators.
The UK version definitely had trafficators, and I was told at the time that trafficators were not legal in the US in1956 anyway, which explained the lack of trafficators. Seems likely that the same rule would have applied to Morris Minors as well.
Hope that is useful.
Malcolm
Have tried to attach a photo of a similar beetle, and also a photo of my 1959 convertible, which has no sign of trafficators.
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