Sound off intersector

[theroofable]

Well I just pulled the intersector off of my mirror for an inspection, and this is what I found





The white wire is cut coming out of the light head. Not sure what happened to it. The question is, what is this for, it doesnt really make sense to have four wires going to the flasher. It still works fine and syncs, so the question is what is this wire for? I dont want to damage it by running it with the broken wire.

 

[vff0312]

That is the pattern select/sync wire. If it is cut then it shouldn't be synced? Is it completely cut off or just exposed?

Well I just pulled the intersector off of my mirror for an inspection, and this is what I found



The white wire is cut coming out of the light head. Not sure what happened to it. The question is, what is this for, it doesnt really make sense to have four wires going to the flasher. It still works fine and syncs, so the question is what is this wire for? I dont want to damage it by running it with the broken wire.

 

[SafetyLighting]

That is the pattern select/sync wire. If it is cut then it shouldn't be synced? Is it completely cut off or just exposed?

NO it isn't! All the wires coming out of the lighthead are for driving the LED's. I think you are forgetting that there is an external flasher module.

 

[theroofable]

Yeah these go about 6-12 inches to the flasher. I glad it still works, not sure why there are 4 wires going to the flasher that has four going out of it. One of those head scratches. You pay 140 bucks for a light with 20 gauge wires coming out that are apparently pretty fragile.


To reply to you, yes, it is completely cut.

 

[vff0312]

NO it isn't! All the wires coming out of the lighthead are for driving the LED's. I think you are forgetting that there is an external flasher module.

:duh: That part just skipped my mind

 

[upnorth896]

White wire is for the pattern/sync. selection. Red wire is power. Black wire is gound and Green wire is cruise mode.


http://www.soundoffsignal.com/warnamber/surfacemnt/literature/ENT2B3(x).pdf

 

[theroofable]

White wire is for the pattern/sync. selection. Red wire is power. Black wire is gound and Green wire is cruise mode.
http://www.soundoffsignal.com/warnamber/surfacemnt/literature/ENT2B3(x).pdf

Going into the flasher, im not sure why the sync would go to the actual light head. That's why i don't think its the sync. Plus, it syncs normally.

 

[SafetyLighting]

Going into the flasher, im not sure why the sync would go to the actual light head. That's why i don't think its the sync. Plus, it syncs normally.

Right, the four wires that go from the flasher to the lighthead are to drive the LED's. All the electronic functions, such as pattern and sync are in the flasher module which then sends power to the lighthead. So if you power up the system right now, it's likely that a portion or all of the lighthead will not work.

 

[theroofable]

I sent soundoff an email, ill see where that gets me. If they wont do anything, ill try and repair the wire myself. If everything works normally, I wont worry about it. The problem is that the wire is cut so close to the lighthead, that I may not be able to repair it myself.


On second note, it looks like the screws may open up the cover on the unit, anyone ever do that? I may be able to attach a whole new lead to it.


Just went out and retested it. It appears each wire controls 3 leds, and one does the ground. Looks like the light output in the back side of the unit is less than the other side from the rear, so my guess is that. They have a five year warranty so I should be good, just dont want to only have one side running, plus i will have to take apart the door panel again. sigh