LED flasher Problem Rocket III Touring

[One Norse]

Does the touring have separate indicators for each direction, or just a single one ?

Just a single one.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Just a single one.

I though if it had two, maybe the diodes were used to keep both indicators from flashing together, instead of indicating each direction.

 

[Ygransom]

Does the touring have separate indicators for each direction, or just a single one ?

It has separate lights in dash panel for each direction.

 

[DEcosse]

I though if it had two, maybe the diodes were used to keep both indicators from flashing together, instead of indicating each direction.

I understand your train of though but it's just one diode @Rocket Scientist and it's actually before the indicator switch.
It's not obvious why it is required - only deduction I would have (& this one really is nothing more than a guess, although not totally without merit) is that it is to block positive signal emanating from the alarm module (when fitted) back into the flasher circuit (which may have some impact on the self-canceling feature). It's the only premise I can think of as to why it is there, but admittedly it's a SWAG.
If an alarm is NOT fitted, can't see how it would have any function.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

I shall also remain in the realm of not knowingness

 

[One Norse]

That's interesting, they made a design change sometime during the production run. Here's my dash:

 

[One Norse]

I understand your train of though but it's just one diode @Rocket Scientist and it's actually before the indicator switch.
It's not obvious why it is required - only deduction I would have (& this one really is nothing more than a guess, although not totally without merit) is that it is to block positive signal emanating from the alarm module (when fitted) back into the flasher circuit (which may have some impact on the self-canceling feature). It's the only premise I can think of as to why it is there, but admittedly it's a SWAG.
If an alarm is NOT fitted, can't see how it would have any function.

It appears to me that either late in final test of the new design or early in the production run they had quality control issues which caused them to add the protective diode to prevent damage to the instrument panel. Exactly what those QC issues were is hard to say. Perhaps they had problems when incorrect wire polarity met up with mashed turn signal contacts on the assembly line. Re-designing a PC board (along with testing and re-tooling for production) takes time and money, and adding a diode into the harness would be an easy fix. Had they found it earlier, they would have put the diode on the instrument panel directly.

 

[Jag]

That's interesting, they made a design change sometime during the production run. Here's my dash:

Abs and non abs dash?? Funny how they did away with left right turn signal and made it a combo.