What Causes the Clicking Sound Your Turn Signal Makes?

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The first modern directional signal was patented in 1925 by Edgar A. Walz, Jr., although no one was interested in it either, at least until after his patent expired 14 years later. That’s when, in 1939, the U.S. automaker Buick first introduced the “Flash-Way Directional Signal,” which operated in the familiar way - a stick, mounted on the steering column. In its original incarnation, this turn signal only flashed the rear lights; by the next year, front lights were flashing as well. By the end of WWII, directional signals were standard in most American automobiles.
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@TodayIFoundOut 6 жыл бұрын

Now that you know what causes the clicky sound your turn signal makes check out this video and find out What Causes Blisters: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bNeFrbielrO5gac.html

@Ficii1 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks to the thumbnail, I now know that BMW does actually have a turn signal.

@tylerdurden788 7 жыл бұрын

It's photo shop lol

@AndyAndromedaArt 7 жыл бұрын

Va Gina a fineable offence in Australia.

@AndyAndromedaArt 7 жыл бұрын

Va Gina you can also own one here but no one has the desire or need.

@emolnoddan7636 7 жыл бұрын

Fici Hahahahaha u made my day xD

@Reefer-Rampage69 7 жыл бұрын

Fici car memessss

@CarCrazy2622 7 жыл бұрын

These signals are still not available on BMW cars

@sadladd 7 жыл бұрын

I can confirm.

@ChristianArreguin 7 жыл бұрын

It does flash, its just emits a light poor people can't see.

@TGIM 7 жыл бұрын

Not needed when going faster than anything else on the road

@Banom7a 7 жыл бұрын

they are optional extra on bmw

@alexandertony2475 7 жыл бұрын

Christian Arreguin poor people can't see ha bmws are what poor people buy to look and think they are rich bmws are as cheap as anyother car

@manfromnantucket9544 7 жыл бұрын

Instead of explaining how a turn signal works, instead explain how one is operated. These are things the world needs to know.

@sadladd 7 жыл бұрын

You're just jealous you can't afford a BMW, peasant.

@googleinc6033 7 жыл бұрын

Your God, Sky, you Peasants. Bmw is shit

@sadladd 7 жыл бұрын

***** You're right, it is shit. It's the shit you can't afford, you poor peasant.

@Cricis11700 7 жыл бұрын

Your God, Sky, you Peasants. a fucking k20 hatch will kill any fucking bmw including an m5 with 500 gay ass horses lmfao xD

@sadladd 7 жыл бұрын

Cricis11700 It becuz you got that vtec, yo. Dats an unfair advantage, yo. Shut the fuck up, you poor piece of shit.

@Sharkie626 7 жыл бұрын

This is a GREAT learning video for all the BMW and Mercedes drivers, as they have probably never heard the sound before since they don't use them.....

@daneclark3161 7 жыл бұрын

I own the road. Get out of my way.

@JonatasAdoM 7 жыл бұрын

😂 Do I laugh or cry?

@Admiralhall2000 7 жыл бұрын

Sharkie626 I never use them near you.....fuck off out of my way peasant....my BMW owns the road as much as I own my girlfriends ass

@sadladd 7 жыл бұрын

Fucking peasant, it's not our fault you can't afford one.

@Megadriver 7 жыл бұрын

Indicators... never knew my Mercedes had those... Cause I was driving in my Mercedes and I did something and heard a clicking sound. I thought there was something wrong with my car, but after a left turn the clicking stopped. Haven't heard it since. XD

@galexeqe 7 жыл бұрын

Never thought a concept so simple could be so complicated

@ericding42 7 жыл бұрын

ikr....

@batlin 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah I just assumed it was a relay and some kind of capacitor circuit for delay...

@raymondramirez9177 7 жыл бұрын

This isn't so unique . Guess how electric Christmas light get to flash? They use the same type of bi-metallic element that heats up and opens the circuit. The original and larger bulbs has the flasher in each. The newer tiny bulbs has one white bulb with the flasher inside and in series with all the others. If that bulb burned out or was removed, the lights never turn on. Now we have LED lights and an electronic circuit in a box that controls them.

@unsignedmusic 7 жыл бұрын

Problem now is getting people to actually USE the blinker!

@RWoody1995 7 жыл бұрын

More annoying than people who don't indicate are people who indicate only a moment before they turn, they think they are doing everything right whereas the non indicators at least know they are lazy xD

@Elesario 7 жыл бұрын

Should invent a feature where the wheel won't turn if the indicator isn't on for 'those' people :D Going in a straight line forever! Mua ha ha ha!

@kevinconaty6921 7 жыл бұрын

Jason Hardman the problem with that is that drivers would not be able to dodge potholes animals or ironically car crashes that are blocking a percentage of the road

@scottthewaterwarrior 7 жыл бұрын

The other annoying factor I've noticed when using a turn signal is that people try to close the gap when you signal for a lane chang. Nearly got in a pretty bad wreck the other week after I signaled to merge, and the guy in the other lane tried to block me. He was about 60 feet back going the same speed I was, until he saw my signal and floored it.

@tcpnetworks 7 жыл бұрын

For the last 10-15 years, all cars have been entirely solid-state. The ticking sound is added as a sound file, playing through the instrument panel.

@alanfsmith2141 3 жыл бұрын

Can this sound be turned off? Do you know how?

@tcpnetworks 3 жыл бұрын

@@alanfsmith2141 not without a reflash.

@thedudemanchickeneater 2 жыл бұрын

@@alanfsmith2141 but how would you know your blinker is on/off

@lifestapestry2968 Жыл бұрын

I suspected it was synthetic and not mechanical on modern cars. Good explanation...

@h8stupidppl 7 жыл бұрын

290 BMW drivers are still trying to find their turning signals.

@BoogerDeluxe22 7 жыл бұрын

also asshole veterans

@pythyyy5115 7 жыл бұрын

H8stupidppl they think this vid is a scam

@sermichael2231 7 жыл бұрын

H8stupidppl need not apply lol

@reoswedewagon1651 7 жыл бұрын

The thumbnail showed a BMW using it's turnsignals. Illuminati confirmed.

@TrevorZ32 7 жыл бұрын

Came here for this comment

@dotJata 7 жыл бұрын

It is an optional feature. $2000.00

@MrMazda-yw1cr 7 жыл бұрын

Johan Karlsson I hate to pop your bubble but no, the thumbnail doesn't show a BMW using its blinker... it's the brake light that's on

@reoswedewagon1651 7 жыл бұрын

Shacaca Dunzo Yeah, I guess. It signifies a BMW using it's indicator, though.

@MrNateSPF 7 жыл бұрын

BMW owners don't use turn signals, but the brake light is automatic.

@DevinShillingtonSkateboarding 7 жыл бұрын

I call bullshit. The thumbnail has a BMW, those cars don't have blinkers.

@wangwenda1395 7 жыл бұрын

Devin Shillington they do have blinkers, only u will have to refill the blinker fluid once in a while

@SolyTheGreat 7 жыл бұрын

Headlight fluid? (if anyone gets this reference, yay, if not, ok... that is all.)

@dude-kz9yr 7 жыл бұрын

Alex Lindley rooster teeth? Or chris fix?

@SolyTheGreat 7 жыл бұрын

dude333 yes, the first one.

@CarsSimplified 7 жыл бұрын

Blinker fluid is a joke that predates the Internet.

@SaintsRow2001 7 жыл бұрын

There's 2 types of comments: 95% jokes about BMW turning signal 5% actual comments

@jacksonbryantfilms 7 жыл бұрын

Lmao why would the thumbnail be a BMW

@sshayka3139 7 жыл бұрын

The Architect They have blinkers, they just emit a light that poor people can't see.

@azvia283 7 жыл бұрын

B Dawkins funny how you think bmw is a whole good ass car they could be affordable by not the most wealthiest people. Most BMW sedans are

@jacksprat418-ju5qo 7 жыл бұрын

Yet, 60% of the U.S. population does not even know a turn signal exists...

@nbain66 7 жыл бұрын

jacksprat418 Every time someone just stops in front of me they have a chance of getting run over by a Subaru

@mclste 7 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Bainbridge same, what subie you own?

@subaruimpreza298 7 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Bainbridge did I hear subaru?

@QuaabQueb 7 жыл бұрын

In most modern cars what you are hearing is the relay, the flashing signal is all done via the cars body control module (computer) and it also monitors the resistance of the turn signal bulbs so that if one is to go out, it will trigger hyper flash to alert you one of your turn signals is out. On some newer cars today the relay is actually located under the hood or there simply is none and the clicking sound is actually played through the cars front speakers

@PrincessZoey 7 жыл бұрын

Use to replicate it by clicking my tongue as a kid.

@mmnissanzroadster9 7 жыл бұрын

And blinking an eye to signal which way lol

@severusfloki5778 4 жыл бұрын

Marcus Mravik HAHAH

@Elivayshon 4 жыл бұрын

I can make it sound like an Audi's blinker. LOL

@TheGrayWolf81 3 жыл бұрын

@@mmnissanzroadster9 I forgot I used to do both of these things when I was little hahaha the good old days

@springbok4015 7 жыл бұрын

BMW's don't have indicators. *grabs popcorn*

@Evan2 7 жыл бұрын

Liked for the fact alone that you used an e46 330ci in the thumbnail

@sk88boarding 7 жыл бұрын

simon looks like a skinny version of our friend johnny sins

@Wangchung405 5 жыл бұрын

Jeeper 😂😂😂

@sadakotube 7 жыл бұрын

lies, it was the blinker fluid causing the noise! haha

@thephantom1492 7 жыл бұрын

True, and since nobody know that there is a blinker fluid then nobody fill it back and you ends up with non-functionning blinker...

@Paleski 5 жыл бұрын

@@thephantom1492 True, and BMW actually forgot to put that fluid, which is obviously the reason why BMW drivers don't use them...

@dancoulson6579 7 жыл бұрын

My theory... the sound was originally created by the clicking of a relay. But now, it's intentionally included in cars for traditions sake. Could be wrong, but I'll find out in this video!

@hanss3147 7 жыл бұрын

Dan Coulson That was my guess too.

@TwinPeaksIndustries 7 жыл бұрын

Probably the same reason why camera apps on phones make a noise when taking a photo. We're just used to cameras clicking

@somitomi 7 жыл бұрын

That's basically how it goes as far as I know.

@Ayverie4 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and so there's a clicking noise annoying everyone in the car if you don't turn your signal off. My dad's half deaf and a bit oblivious; I have to tell him to turn it off all the time cause I hear the clicking.

@BlueBaron3x7 7 жыл бұрын

Dan, you are half right. The sound of the clicking is added after complaints about the new soundless indicators. Companies added the sound, nothing to do with tradition, more like people think that's the way it's meant to be now. A friend who's hobby is cars told me this earlier this year.

@paincalledliving 7 жыл бұрын

The clicking sound is a relay. Just saved you 5 minutes of your life. you're welcome.

@FritzSchober 7 жыл бұрын

Or two pieces of metal or a sound generated in your sound system. The origin is two pieces of bending metal. Here the image that explains it: i79.servimg.com/u/f79/15/99/31/04/therma10.jpg

@Hotrodelectric 7 жыл бұрын

No, not a relay. It's a circuit breaker. A relay requires an outside input to control power. A circuit breaker- which a flasher is- does not.

@VakorianGAME 7 жыл бұрын

I think the clicking needs to be louder... To many people seem to fail to realize they're driving with their blinker constantly on...

@illstplaya 7 жыл бұрын

Vakorian some older GM cars used to have a warning sound that would chime (similar to the warning chime you hear when you first start the car or leave the headlights on) if you left the signal light on too long.

@ivannicholas5029 7 жыл бұрын

So ironic with the thumbnail with a BMW Hehe

@pierceyu4546 7 жыл бұрын

Ivan Nichols And they are not working in the thumbnail 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

@mandolinic 7 жыл бұрын

It's NOT an advantage if the blink rate stays the same when a bulb blows. That's how you know you've got a broken bulb and you need to put in a new one.

@MrTheMiguelox 7 жыл бұрын

Because your car has a light on the dash to monitor the exterior lights that tells u if a light is burned.

@MrRicky0407 7 жыл бұрын

MrTheMiguelox Not all cars have a warning light for blown bulbs, for example. Thus it is very helpful to know if your blinker is blown

@somitomi 7 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, European regulations require blinkers to noticeably change speed if a bulb goes out.

@mandolinic 7 жыл бұрын

MrTheMiguelox I have never had a car with a light on the dash to tell me if a blinker light is broken. Is there a second light on the dash to tell you that the first light is broken :-)

@mcdrums87 7 жыл бұрын

I'm not completely familiar with European regulations, but I do believe that there is a requirement to tell the driver when a bulb is out. The good news is that newer modules can sense how much current they are outputting, so you can get a warning in your instrument cluster when the controller senses a significant change.

@SpikeKastleman 7 жыл бұрын

Before watching- Relays. Relays click.

@henrikhyrup3995 7 жыл бұрын

Same.

@44ro.n 7 жыл бұрын

i like how the thumbnail is a bmw.....

@Tatdago 7 жыл бұрын

Aaron Kendrick very ironic. Lol

@ThePatrickBateman69 7 жыл бұрын

This video is fake it shows a BMW, as you and I know, never use indicators

@tncorgi92 7 жыл бұрын

What an awful lot of technology and R&D for a feature most drivers never seem to use.

@FoodOnCrack 7 жыл бұрын

thank god the most common was the relay instead of the bimetal one, i was 99% sure it was a relay and i almost started thinking that i was some crazy idiot...

@hadijawad5224 7 жыл бұрын

Video about turn signals *uses BMW as thumbnail*

@Trident_Euclid 7 жыл бұрын

Hady Jawad 😂

@RealSkyDiver2 7 жыл бұрын

now I know why the blink handle in Asian women's cars is always covered with dust

@GeminiWoods 7 жыл бұрын

HAH... Well played.

@CGFUN829 7 жыл бұрын

+Justin Watson Why???

@ColinFox 7 жыл бұрын

In a Tesla, the clicking sound is completely synthetic. The car computer controls the light blinking, and the sound you hear is just a prerecorded click played over the stereo speakers. You can tell this if you restart the infotainment system and while it's booting up you turn on a turn signal - it works, but no clicky.

@TheCSRTech 2 жыл бұрын

Long before the first Tesla was made

@spencerpoore5805 7 жыл бұрын

Misleading thumbnail. BMWs don't have turn signals silly!

@fahaddddd4417 7 жыл бұрын

Spencer poore lol

@hallmonitor98 7 жыл бұрын

i only found this channel a couple months ago, i like it better than scishow, cant believe its been around so long

@PatrickStarthnxroxrock 7 жыл бұрын

Up at 1am too huh, me too

@kdmtrap7268 7 жыл бұрын

+Patrick Star same tho

@PatrickStarthnxroxrock 7 жыл бұрын

***** Lol

@notomar1555 7 жыл бұрын

I thought that bar was for turning on the high beam on random people. Thanks for the explanation! ~BMW drivers

@aromaladyellie 7 жыл бұрын

I just thought it was a sound that indicated you had your signal on so you wouldn't leave it on if you switched lanes and didn't actually need to turn, considering modern technology is aaaaaall about silence.

@anonimato1987 2 жыл бұрын

Did not expect a Simon video when searching for car troubles. Dude owns YT. Btw, Simon please keep the beard

@themaskedcrusader 8 жыл бұрын

My car has a solid state flasher, and the clicky sound comes from a speaker under the dash. If my blinker is on and my "fasten seat belt" indicator both want to play noise through the speaker, the seatbelt bell wins out and the clicky blinker goes silent until the seatbelt system releases control of the speaker.

@jaydenthompson1747 7 жыл бұрын

themaskedcrusader what car do you have.

@themaskedcrusader 7 жыл бұрын

PumaBitez it happens on both my Chevy cobalt and my dodge challenger

@GreenTwilight 7 жыл бұрын

Can confirm about the Cobalt. For some reason my door open/key-in/lights on warning sound goes completely silent. The blinkers make no sound either when this is occuring. Long ago the auto return function of the turn signal stalk ceased to function so I already manually switch them off so it's not a detriment to me. But I have left my lights on at work and been told by a customer (since I couldn't hear the warning after taking my keys out and the lights still being on)

@falcon7350 7 жыл бұрын

chevy volt is the same way .. sound is not real

@FullOilBarrel 7 жыл бұрын

its so you can hear it and dont forget it. my damn motorcycle has no click so sometimes i forget it

@FruityLittleBoy 7 жыл бұрын

Are you a new rider?

@FullOilBarrel 7 жыл бұрын

ive had my license for about 1 month

@HifeMan 7 жыл бұрын

I still do it and I been riding for over a year now. lol

@FruityLittleBoy 7 жыл бұрын

People always say that's the number one sign of a new rider haha you'll get over it soon. What do y'all ride?

@miaugato93 7 жыл бұрын

how the hell does one hear a turn signal click in the middle of all that BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP BRAP BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP of a motorcycle, especially when adding the wind noise and the fact the helmet acts as earmuffs?

@cloroxbleach1200 7 жыл бұрын

Before watching the video: Relays

@raymondramirez9177 7 жыл бұрын

The original flasher is a thermal relay that uses heat to open the coil circuit. The electronic versions use a timer circuit to control the relay coil. Now the BCM does all the jobs (flash, detect open bulbs) in one package.

@MrManerd 7 жыл бұрын

Now I've noticed that on some of the newer cars that if the speakers go out that turn signals wont click.

@lolzordje123 7 жыл бұрын

MrManerd newer cars use computers and network systems to make blinkers go on and off. The speakers only play the clicking sound to keep everything the way the driver is used to

@Natsukiyaa 7 жыл бұрын

Funny thing, my SAAB 9-5 from 1998 uses it's internal speaker (in the "SID", Saab information display) to make the noise.

@Chriva 8 жыл бұрын

Bimetallic relays are rarely used, Most common are the electromechanical ones, which will almost always blink faster when you lessen the load. -Common problem when converting to leds where people buy so called "can-bus"-leds (which is totally bollocks since all they have is a high current resistor in parallel with the led electronics. canbus is a form of automotive communications network btw) :)

@Xenro66 8 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking.... But why don't they just use really simple timing ICs with electronic relays? They're incredibly cheap, and the timing will never be affected by what bulb/LEDs/load you use. Edit: Nvm, I clearly wasn't paying attention to the video XD

@milksheihk 8 жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing, I don't know when was the last time a bimetallic thermal relay was used, oldest vehicle I've owned with blinkers was 1957 & it has an electro-magnetic relay.

@jctoad 7 жыл бұрын

milksheihk bimetallic were the most common type I remember in 70's cars.

@Flimzes 7 жыл бұрын

Xenro66 Generally they use blinkers that are affected by broken bulbs to alert the driver that a bulb is broken so it can be repaired

@IHateUniqueUsernames 6 жыл бұрын

Interestingly, I would really prefer to have the blink speed be affected by failure of one or more lights. This change in speed doesn't specifically change the purpose nor impact the function of the blinkers, but also serves to inform the diver to check the blinkers and get it fixed, post haste.

@brianfrtz 7 жыл бұрын

Woah, BMW's have turnsignal indicators? I never knew that...

@mgytitanic1912 7 жыл бұрын

Neither do BMW owners

@brianfrtz 7 жыл бұрын

Justin Lee Especially BMW owners...

@bisterkding9249 7 жыл бұрын

This entire comment thread is a meme

@mgytitanic1912 7 жыл бұрын

Bisterk Ding lol

@hughstaffordlangan4949 7 жыл бұрын

*BMWs

@AngadAnand1 7 жыл бұрын

oh the irony of using a BMW in the thumbnail.

@leodoz1016 7 жыл бұрын

Angad Anand heh

@timothymai1828 7 жыл бұрын

Angad Anand my first thought exactly

@krokodil191 7 жыл бұрын

76 dislikes from BMW drivers?

@jessegilbert8623 7 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@Ze-Germanzuk 7 жыл бұрын

krokodil196 My 3 series didn't come with the indicator option so I can't use them.

@jessegilbert8623 7 жыл бұрын

My e36 318is came before a time when BMW even listed turn signals as an option. I also had to go to tailgating school to drive it.

@Trey_-uc7lr 7 жыл бұрын

this channel should be called "answers to interesting questions I've never asked or thought about and that I'll forget in a day"

@siriusblack9999 7 жыл бұрын

2 seconds in: "my guess is the relay that turns the light on and off" 2 minutes in: "ah, a thermal relay, close enough" 4 minutes in: "well, so it could either be a relay, or a thermal relay..." 4:30: "well that just uses a transistor instead of a relay, can't really "click" if it's solid-state though, because sound is made by moving parts" 4:45: "*sigh*"

@stonent 7 жыл бұрын

So apparently someone in Finland owns a Peterbilt 387. Peterbilts are only made and marketed in North America, so that would have been an expensive truck to deliver.

@Ilkq 7 жыл бұрын

That Peterbilt is registered to NL?

@stonent 7 жыл бұрын

Ah ok, I saw the .FI web address on the Scania so I assumed they were all Finnish.

@albinnygren2367 7 жыл бұрын

A guy in my city (Umeå, Sweden) has a Peterbilt 379 sitting in his yard, It's appearently been hell for him to get it registered here.

@user-po6hn9id1t 7 жыл бұрын

they use those trucks only for showing, the real job is done by the Scania and the rest European brands

@Poopsticle_256 7 жыл бұрын

stonent I have a Prius and an A4

@JD-rf1xc 7 жыл бұрын

dont forget to fill up with blinkerfluid.

@jambihd 7 жыл бұрын

Jacob Dalgaard and top off your headlight fluid 😀

@JayBryd 7 жыл бұрын

Jacob Dalgaard especially if you drive BMW

@BigLeagueDrew 7 жыл бұрын

In most new cars it's a transistor switching the lights and a speaker making noise because people don't like change.

@rogerwilco2 7 жыл бұрын

I think the clicking as an audible feedback that the blinkers are on is valuable. Even though I know people who happily drive with the blinkers on for 10 minutes, even though there is a light flashing on the dashboard and there is a clicking sound. I don't understand how people can be unable to hear and see those signals.

@Cricis11700 7 жыл бұрын

Notice this is an optional feature for all bmw's.

@skittles7168 7 жыл бұрын

Cricis11700 that's why I clicked on the video

@austins.3313 7 жыл бұрын

I have always wondered this thank you now i can sleep

@Rythblaqk 7 жыл бұрын

It's almost six in the morning and I haven't slept yet..I saw this video in my recommended feed and thought to my self "Do I really want to watch a 5 minute long video of a man talking about about turn signals?" The answer was yes, yes I did.

@joshuawalker7054 7 жыл бұрын

On most cars nowadays there is no clicker of any kind and the sound is produced by a sound file played by you sound system. When I replaced my radio, I lost the click sound and door chimes and had to replace with with a module that made the sound.

@urieldelteco 7 жыл бұрын

Joshua Walker sounds like you own. GM :)

@joshuawalker7054 7 жыл бұрын

Yup, Chevy Cobalt

@gradostax 7 жыл бұрын

Older cars had a relay that makes the turn signals and hazard light flash and make the clicking sound

@DeadEyeJedi 7 жыл бұрын

Yup, it's like the printing noise in some ticket machines, because the modern ones are silent, the buzzing was re-added to the machine to let people know that something was happening. I think it was the same for the 'click' that indicators make.

@pretendingpro 7 жыл бұрын

fun fact: in some cars with solid-state indicators the traditional clicking sound of the relay is played through the cars stereo

@IIGrayfoxII 7 жыл бұрын

Solid State Flashes will use the cars buzzer for the clicking. The buzzer is their to warn you about not wearing seatbelt, trouble codes, low fuel, door open, ect. So they use it

@gregistopal 7 жыл бұрын

IIGrayfoxII that sounds really annoying

@Lowezar 7 жыл бұрын

+gregistopal Better than having no sound and driving straight with a blinker on. And getting slammed into because somebody thought you were going to turn.

@elijahmatthews2781 7 жыл бұрын

Wow I learned something today but don't ask me to explain.😎

@SavageGreywolf 7 жыл бұрын

most modern cars have a solid state flasher, generally integrated into a general purpose electronic control module. The fact that you still hear a clicking noise is often because these components have a literal speaker built into them for the express purpose of emitting the clicking sound, as customers dislike the turn signal being silent.

@andrewagacki 7 жыл бұрын

If the sound gets too loud it means that your blinker fluid is low. Remember to change and refill your blinker fluid regularly...

@alexandruparausanu1038 7 жыл бұрын

Turn signals ... so old and yet new or unknown to others 😂😂

@pierceyu4546 7 жыл бұрын

Alexandru Parausanu especially with BMW owners

@AceTheDragon3 7 жыл бұрын

I had cut open one of my dad's 1970 Chevy blinker switches once... pretty cool

@ParasiteQueen1 7 жыл бұрын

The heck you talking about Willis? It blinks because I told it to!

@hankw5086 5 жыл бұрын

When I had Driver's Ed in New Jersey around 1979, I was taught that if you couldn't hear your turn signal clicking you shouldn't use it and instead you should use hand signals.

@watchfreeshits 7 жыл бұрын

Ironic how the thumbnail was of a beamer :(

@gaojb 7 жыл бұрын

They're known for not using signals! XD

@defour6475 7 жыл бұрын

damnit now i have to think about something else while sitting on the can lol. Thanks anyway, was wondering for quite a while

@Johnnymushio 7 жыл бұрын

The Today I Found Out Challenge: Watch the video, then read the title. Answer the question. If you can't, you lose.

@Flubbizockt 7 жыл бұрын

You really need more subs. Such nice Vids❤️

@moiquiregardevideo 7 жыл бұрын

The second type of blinker called "electronic" is only using an electrolytic capacitor, around 100 uF, 25 volt to induce a delay from active to inactive (it keep voltage flowing thru the coil until discharged) and a resistor to create a delay from inactive to active (slowing the charge rate of the capacitor). In other word, the capacitor charge slowly thru the resistor then discharge slowly thru the relay coil. These blinkers speed-up when the current decrease. This is useful to remind the driver that a light is burned. The fast click and fast light in the dash board attract attention. The other drivers and police can also notice the fast blinker and politely remind the driver to take care of his/her car better.

@meeder78 7 жыл бұрын

a lot of modern cars use solid state systems with a simple loudspeaker to generate the clicking sound. Some cars even increase the volume based on how long it has been on to warn drivers who leave the indicators on to long.

@emilstnt3495 7 жыл бұрын

fun fact: in some citroen cars there is a flashlight placed in the left or right wall of the tailgate and charges with the cars battery, the flashlight can also be pulled out and used

@wattson451 3 жыл бұрын

“Dad, it’s not an Indiacator!” “TAKKAH TAKKAH TAKKAH” - Russel Peters

@zgv111 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, you right... almost:0 It is true what you say, but 20-30 years ago I'm affraid. Proof: Drive your car and put indicator/blinker on. It makes that clicking sound. Now gently pull your hand brake on. Now, you look on dashboard and your blinker/indicator is still "blinking", but you can't hear anything for about 2 seconds, which after that car gives you warning signal "beep beep beep" - that your handbrake is on. After another 2 seconds of silence the "blinking" sound resumes. I'm from UK and not sure if in America with an automated gearboxes you even have manual handbrakes. Sorry to say, but if you would, you wouldn't talk a lot of crap about that sound. In other words, your "blinking" sound - simply comes from... speaker:)

@AMalas 7 жыл бұрын

awww I thought it was a relay!

@ozjuanpa 7 жыл бұрын

same. :I

@Skyhawk1998 7 жыл бұрын

It is a relay, in the second case he mentioned.

@ozjuanpa 7 жыл бұрын

Yes but the sound isn't produced by the relay itself

@koerel 7 жыл бұрын

Juan Pablo Ossa Zapata A mechanical relay will make a sound. A solid state one won't.

@trefod 7 жыл бұрын

So why does the frequency increase when a light bulb dies?

@MaltAndPepper 7 жыл бұрын

I would actually also expect there to be less current, so slower warm-up time so slower blinking... Hmm.

@Hotrodelectric 7 жыл бұрын

Simon has it wrong. The frequency increases with a dead bulb because there isn't enough resistive load on the flasher. Most flashers are designed to give a constant rate with a given load- nominally about 20 watts (not quite 2 amps) x2. Take away one of those bulbs, and the rate increases. Electronic flashes are much more stable, as the electronics inside determine flash rate, not the amount of load.

@SuzukiKid400 7 жыл бұрын

Hotrodelectric agreed.

@allanrichardson1468 7 жыл бұрын

In every car I have owned (my first and oldest car was a 1970 Chevrolet Nova, bought in 1970), the flasher (and its associated "inside light" on the dashboard), blink much FASTER when the signal filament in EITHER the front OR the rear bulb is burned out, and returns to normal speed when it is replaced. The last bulb I had to replace was in a 2006 Ford Focus. So apparently there is a timing circuit which senses whether both bulbs are drawing current, and if not, speeds up the flashing by a factor of four or so (like the difference between the normal busy signal on the telephone network and the "fast busy" when the trunk circuits are busy). Time for a followup video, maybe?

@billysgeo 7 жыл бұрын

And that's why some aftermarket LED turn signals (bulbs of whole units for motorcycles) come with power resistors that are to be wired in series with the LEDs to compensate for the lower resistance. Although it's preferable to install an electronic flasher in place of the bimetalic one.

@RA1N93 7 жыл бұрын

excellent video, the other day I wanted to know about this topic, thanks you've just made it great for me to understand it

@bobysze 7 жыл бұрын

Most modern cars have a solid state "relay". It is basically just a MOSFET, controlled by software. The clicking sound is still kept, since drivers are so used to it. So if you have a newer car, you probably have an artificial clicking sound. Interestingly it's the same with the white noise you here when using your phone. Most countries use digital signals for landlines and all cell phones transmit information with digital signals, so there should be no white noise, but it is artificially added, since people are so used to it, that they would assume the other person was disconnected, if the hear nothing while they are talking.

@raymondramirez9177 7 жыл бұрын

Newer cars use the BCM (Body Control Module) to flash the lights when the turn (or emergency) signal is on. It is solid state module and generates an audio tick because some country laws require both the audio and visual indicators to inform and remind the driver that the turn or emergency signal is on. Some will even get louder if the turn signal is on for an extended time since some drivers forget the turn or never intended to turn at all. The BCM also has a current sense to determine if a bulb is burned out, so if you replace the factory incandescent bulb for an LED, you will need a load resistor in parallel to the LED and return the original load current to the BCM sensor. Since the LED will not burn out (unless it is mistreated), the resistor fools the BCM to see the original current always. That resistor will warm up while the turn signal is on, but will not drain the 12V battery unless the emergency signal is turned on. The BCM monitors the battery voltage and will power all the lights off (including the emergency lights) if the voltage drops anyway. Even newer cars have all LED turn lights, so the BCM will never need a load resistor. And it is always the driver's duty to check that all the turn signal, brake, and running lights are operating before driving, or else you might get visited on the road by your friendly policeman.

@JesseUnderscoreMartin 7 жыл бұрын

Good video. I had assumed the clicky-clicky was from a relay ( I have one controlling lights in my room via webpage on home server ) so it's nice to have a confirmation.

@WAQWBrentwood 7 жыл бұрын

Old (the ones I have are from the 1950s) Christmas "flashers" used the Bi- metallic principal on a 120V household circuit. You'd plug a "string" of lights into one and the entire "string" will flash. Of course you need one for each "string" or else the "whole tree" blinks on and off! 😀

@mibars 7 жыл бұрын

2:38 is wrong! When a bulb goes out flashing rate increases! Bimetallic strip heats up less with lower current and it takes shorter time to cool down and reconnect.

@lBonaCl 7 жыл бұрын

I was also puzzled by that statement, since I've never seen such thing as a blinker slowing down when a bulb burns out. Rather it goes completely haywire by blinking 2-5 times the normal speed. But then again when you're desperate enough to do a video about explaining turn signals, you're most likely doing it for the ad revenue instead of being 100% accurate. I thought that would be just common sense to know what causes the click.

@MrHillbillyScientist 7 жыл бұрын

mibars is right... Less electrical energy going to the bulbs, because of one being blown, means more is converted to thermal energy in the flasher. This means it will flash faster, because it heats up faster.

@The8bitbeard 7 жыл бұрын

I had the blinker relay go out in a '91 Hyundai I had. For a while I just manually clicked the stick on and off to indicate turning, until I stopped being lazy and bought a new relay. It was right under the dash near the fuse panel. Very easy replacement.

@scottthewaterwarrior 7 жыл бұрын

I guess the SAAB we had must have had a solid state flasher with added clicking, because the clicking actually stopped but the signal still worked.

@figjam9530 7 жыл бұрын

i never even thought about most of your stuff, then i see the video description and i HAVE to know. your channel is youtube crack, but in a good way. keep it up.

@kiranabayaratna749 7 жыл бұрын

its hilarious that you used a bmw in the thumbnail as they dont seem to have functional turn signals

@leahsdreams 7 жыл бұрын

The solid state flasher explains a lot about modern cars I ride in, constantly worried that my driver isn't indicating.

@rogerwilco2 7 жыл бұрын

Having changed a broken relay on my car myself, I knew relays are at least used in cars of a certain age.

@TheEgg185 7 жыл бұрын

All cars have relays. It doesn't necessarily mean that a relay is making it blink.

@mcdrums87 7 жыл бұрын

Virtually all cars use relays in some capacity because they are very useful switches. It keeps your high current circuits separate from the small-signal ones.

@ispyyourmom3044 7 жыл бұрын

this is old school, now it's all computers.

@dlittlester 7 жыл бұрын

Right. Newer GM products, and probably others use the Body Control Module to do the blinking, with a fake clicking noise actually coming out of the stereo speakers.

@andrewwiedenhofer8687 7 жыл бұрын

Holy hell - I never knew so much went into something so minute!

@nekomasteryoutube3232 7 жыл бұрын

I always just thought that the clicking noise was something they added to vehicles as an indicator that your indicator/turn lights were on.

@rafterbarr1506 7 жыл бұрын

On some vehicles, the "blinker" sound is a sound effect that plays through the driver's side speakers when the turn signal or four way flashers are in use.

@MrTheGameSpawn 7 жыл бұрын

0:31 that face he makes xD

@KatieB968 7 жыл бұрын

So why do lights blink faster when the bulb is about to blow?

@RiotBadger 7 жыл бұрын

Kaitlynn Baker yeah. I think they have that backwards

@beachhouse13 7 жыл бұрын

A slower clicking is for the older bimetallic strip switch. Newer cars use circuits and a relay which does not vary based on load. To help identify a burnt out bulb, car manufacturers have introduced a second circuit that check for low/no current indicating a burnt out bub. If no/low current is detected the circuit will increase the rate at which the relay is turned on or off.

@KatieB968 7 жыл бұрын

beachhouse13 Interesting! Thanks for the reply :)

@johnfoltz8183 2 жыл бұрын

Since people from Maryland don't always use their turn signals, they should continue with hand signals

@CalvinHodgson 7 жыл бұрын

I learned something today!

@IkBenBenG 7 жыл бұрын

Iirc here in Europe it's required by law to have audible turn signals. Any vehicle that uses a solid-state blinker uses some other audible indicator, usually either a speaker or a buzzer. (for example busses here have a buzzer in the driver cabin that beeps in sync with the lights when the driver uses the turn signals, there is no audible clicking.