Having used my car for a couple of years now, I find that I often leave my indicators on as I can't see the dash warning lights in bright
sunlight. The electronic flasher unit (I 'm using LEDs)doesn't make any noise so I can't hear them either.
Can anyone suggest a sounder unit? - not the horrible beep-beep piezo thingies, but more of a loud ticking noise if possible.
I bought a bleeping Flasher Relay off ebay, it is a a bleep noise though rater than a tick tock
Maplins sell little 12v buzzers for a couple of quid only, I have wired 2 into my indicators and you can't forget to switch them off as they are
annoying little b*****s.
regards
Bob
Locost version is just to let everone else on the road use their horns and headlights to let you know! Sve your money
Would you even heard it in a locost?
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Originally posted by speedyxjs
Would you even heard it in a locost?
i had one in my old car, bloody loud. gets on your nerves after a bit, but useful.
embarrasing when you are in a built up reas and pedestrians wonder what the hell the noise is
I fixed up a locost solution using a maplins buzzer and it did the job...
But it was ssooooooo annoying I ripped it out after a couple of weeks.
I can appreciate why you want a tick tick one, but I can't see you hearing it too well.
How about a bright LED? I have a blue one for my main beam but it's so bright, I can't use main beam without melting my head. You certainly can't miss it!
I've got 2 Savage warning lights (left & right) on the centre dash but these are only good enough to see at night (and they are tooooo
bright)
My problem is during the bright, sunny days we (sometimes) get in the 'summer'.
I tried a piezo bleeper but ripped it out after a few hours, and sacrificed it to the Locost God wiv a big hammer 
Damn thing was too embarrassing
when sitting in traffic. "Ooooh look at the funny bleeping car daddy [pointing]"
Nope, I definitely want an elegant 'tick tick' sound ...... or am I just getting anal in me old age?
I suppose I could just fit an old-school-noisy-as-hell 12V relay in parallel with the electronic flasher - it should be loud enough if I nail it to a
saucepan lid ..... or would that just go 'clang clang'
[Edited on 30-11-09 by RazMan]
You could use a small 12V solenoid? RS farnell/CPCl sell such things, you just need something for it to strike when energized?
I'd try a loud auto relay first, cable tied or epoxied to back of dash to work as a sounding board..
I have the same problem but intend to make a very bright LED indicator that dims when the instrument lights are on... (in a 7 so you'll never
here an audible indicator)
Dan
Excellent idea Dan - thanks 
You could try a small cheap loudspeaker connected via a resistor to the indicator circuit - it would make a click when the the lights go on and off.
You'd probably need a diode to each side's circuit to prevent problems (which would also mean that you'd only get one click per flash -
bonus!).
You'd have to fiddle with the resistor a bit to get the volume you want, without blowing the speaker. Start with a high value and work down!
Nice bit of lateral thinking there David - I like it
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
You could try a small cheap loudspeaker connected via a resistor to the indicator circuit - it would make a click when the the lights go on and off. You'd probably need a diode to each side's circuit to prevent problems (which would also mean that you'd only get one click per flash - bonus!).
You'd have to fiddle with the resistor a bit to get the volume you want, without blowing the speaker. Start with a high value and work down!