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Ghia 1966
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 Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:23 pm Post subject: Should semaphores move up and down when turned on? |
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just installed the 12 v semaphores in my split 1950 and when I turn them on they start flip flopping up and down! is that normal, or should it be erected and just the light blinking? if the latter is the case, how could I fix this problem?
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coolparts
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| SWF DID OFFER ONES THAT FLOPP AS AN ACCESSORY. I have a set of them on a 50 split. I leave yours alone because there more safer and easier to spot. The last time I saw a nos set the dude was asking 1800. |
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Eric&Barb
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Bruce
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I bet he's got semaphores wired up to a flasher relay. 12V semaphores are not stock.
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mandraks
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i had a set of those in my old 56 fire panel, annoying as hell, but also quite cool 
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mandraks
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| Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Bruce wrote: |
| I bet he's got semaphores wired up to a flasher relay. 12V semaphores are not stock. |
good point, of course, that is not how it should be wired
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RareAir
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Ghia 1966
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| Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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They r not stock ones ! 12 v ones from cip1
I also believe that electrician r connecting them to a wrong relay or something of this sort
Any video showing how the should b wired?!! installed and connected, relays , mechanisms , etc ... In order to show it to my technician ?
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Eric&Barb
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Wiring diagrams thru the "Technical" button at top right of this screen.
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p horvath
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had them on my 50 dlx.
called them "clackers". |
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Keith
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You guys are overlooking the fact that he doesn't have stock semaphores and he certainly doesn't have accessory clackers. He has 12v CIP1 reproduction semaphores and the installer wired them to an actual flasher relay and that's why he is having issues with them.
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