I have had a similar radio shack buzzer set up the same way for years with
no problem. I regulate the volume with tape covering the buzzer! When I
get home I will look at it for a model number. It was a cheap thing - a few
dollars.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Rowe" <mdrowe@optonline.net>
To: "SPRIDGETS" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 1:19 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] Blinker
> My turn signal return does not work, so I put in a tiny Radio Shack buzzer
> in parallel across the terminals of the flasher can. This worked fine for
> a month or so, with the buzzer sounding when the flasher was open, and
> quiet when the flasher was closed (no potential). Then the flasher
> stopped opening, and several new flasher cans lasted shorter intervals,
> one of them only one day. I have determined that the current/voltage is
> enough to power the flasher alone or the buzzer alone, but not both. With
> the buzzer attached, the flasher does not heat enough to open, and the
> buzzer does not get enough current to make noise.
>
> I really don't understand how a buzzer 1/2" in diameter with really fine
> wires can steal enough power to prevent the flasher from heating. I
> measure 13v at the can. Any thoughts?
>
> Michael Rowe
> '74 Midget
> '60 Sprite kit
> Long Island, NY
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