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Ok I have got the harder parts of this all figured out but am having unexpected problums.

What I am doing is replaceing the stock blinkers from my scooter with LED's. The stock flasher is crap and would not work because of the limited current drawn from the LED's. I have got a 555 circut that works great at flashing them. But here is where my problum lies. The existing flasher has 1 hot lead to it, it is hot all the time. and when I throw the existing switch the leads coming from the switch are both hot. I don't have my multimeter here but on my test light the nonselected side will be dimmer than the side that is selleceted. Therefore I know it is getting voltage even though it should be off. This is bad because i only want one side to flash at a time since it is for the blinkers on the scooter.

Can someone give me an idea of a switch that would work to fix this. I am thinking I can put in a relay to trigger the flasher but would I have to have 2 switches? one to energize the relay and one to switch left or right?
Or would I be able to do both turn on the flasher an select the side I wantwith one switch?
I am horrible at switchs. I hope this was clear enough for some help, I thank you in advance.

Kent

 
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i don't know any part numbers, but it sounds like you have the right idea with the relay...cept you didn't say whether or not the ignition was on or off when you're getting voltage from both sides of the switch. It may be that the circuit has a floating ground or something like that, which would be bad, unless it's wired that way on purpose....(dunno why it would be that way)

if that's the case though you'd def need the multimeter to find out where that stray voltage is coming from. i'd run your idea by an electrician or a good "new-age" mechanice LOL...maybe they can shed some light on the subject.

If you're lucky, maybe you can even find some wiring diagrams online or something that could explain it.

hope this helps...and good luck