Bob,

It’s a legal requirement in the UK to have either an audible or visible indication in the driver’s position to show that an attached trailer or caravan’s indicators are functioning.  I imagine that the same is true of France.  So that would be my first port of call – a caravan dealer or tow-bar fitter.  A buzzer suitable for a motorcycle would be most unpleasant to listen to and fairly intrusive, if cheap! A chime is what you’re after, I guess.  A bit of a risk just buying one off the Internet; better to get a demonstration, in my opinion.

Pagesjeunes.fr for your area may give some leads, but in my experience very few small businesses/garages etc in France have websites to view.  Mind you, that was ten years ago.

John

I have never been able to hear the turn signals in my (now 14 year old) Altima. Looking on the internet it seems that many others have the same complaint Both the dealer and Nissan say they can’t make it louder – don’t know why, I’m sure it’s done in software (not a mechanical buzzer). Nor has it been improved over the years apparently.

Funnily enough, improvement has come with age-related hearing loss. Now that I wear a hearing-aid, I have a phone app that lets me adjust both the frequency profile and volume of the hearing aid and I derived and saved a profile that works very nicely with the turn-signals and can be turned on while driving.

Caravan one might be the way to go they have been around a long while so might have got the sound level right.

On 2 June 2024 at 07:26 Speedy Builder5 Said:

Thanks for the replies, but not quite there yet (Am I too picky ?).

Maybe, maybe not … but I think you’re probably going to have to make your own choice now, according to taste and complexity.

MichaelG.

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Edit: __ You might find it helpful to browse through these pages to find some sounds for a short-list:
https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/warning

Anyone following Howard’s advice might be frustrated, as the connection needs to be from something powered to earth. Connecting the two ‘output’ leads (going to the flashers each side) might work, or it might stop the system from working, or you might get both flashers on whichever way you click the control. And a loudspeaker will only produce a click for ON and another (quieter) for OFF, so it simply might not be heard at all in traffic.

The connection needs to be from some sort of oscillator (buzzer, etc) or musical device (not just a transformer) and you connect it from the output from the flasher unit (which goes to the ‘common’ connection within the flasher control) and to earth. This ensures that the new musical device gets current when either the L, or the R, flashers are in use.

Yes, its a bit complicated, but not as much as heart surgery (and that is done without stopping or blowing up the engine.)

Cheers, Tim

Could one take Robert Atkinson’s Ding Dong devices and change the circuit by short circuiting S1, connect J1 -1 to current indicator, J1 2 to earth

and connect the LS1 leads to perhaps front drivers side radio speaker thus getting a pleasant sounding sound without having to find space for another speaker?

These boards are also obtainable off Ali Baba sites.

Regards,

Neil

And there are times when the warning bleeper can be REALLY annoying. Had problems with my Sandy Ro driving home from a shopping trip. Beeper kept coming on and stopping intermittently. Did a quick visual of all the ‘normal’ trigger generation sources, Lights, handbrake, doors etc.. Eventually found the source, I had risked the safety of my shopping by NOT fastening its seat belt on the passenger seat. Not heavy enough to trigger the unit when stationary, but various driving manoeuvres did.

Regards  Ian.