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battery powered turning signals for gas scooter and maybe under neath lights

Drew Clark | August 13th, 2008

hello fello inventors, im drew and i have a new gas scooter, i want to make my own turning signals for it with orange or any color leds that are noticeable at night and day, i have heard of timers that allow leds to blink, but i dont know which one to get, or if i need anything to control how fast it blinks besides the timer, i would also like it to be run off of 9volt batteries or AA, i just want them to be able to be tucked away and not in the way. so maybe use 5 leds for each turning signal, maybe use 2 turning signals, something to hold them in place on the hadle bars, and a switch for left and right, i just need to know how to time the leds and then i could probably make the rest,

4 COMMENTS on “battery powered turning signals for gas scooter and maybe under neath lights”

  1. Jac | August 19th, 2008 10:52 am

    The LM3909 IC (Integrated Circuit) might help make your LEDs blink. You can find schematics on how to do it at:

    http://www.alldatasheet.net/datasheet-pdf/pdf/8896/NSC/LM3909N.html

  2. Lucas | August 20th, 2008 9:43 am

    there are lots of designs for this very project. go to youtube and type in flashing leds and there are complete tutorials on this. also we sell a small electronics lab at radioshack that teaches you the basics of all those electronic components that we sale if you wanted to learn how to make it on your own.

    Good Luck

  3. chris | August 21st, 2008 8:51 am

    Um. instead of wasting batteries, why don’t you just attach the system to the electronics of the scooter. 90% of the time its 12 volt and the other ten is 6 volt.

    that would keep it “tucked away”… and more “earth friendly” or whatever you hippies these days call it.

  4. Arthur | August 29th, 2008 4:54 pm

    As far as a simple flasher goes, there are several, including some that are part of Radio Shack’s project kits. Usually they use a 555 timer IC, but if you want to run several LEDs off of it, you’d probably want to use the 556 instead (it handles more current).

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