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sarahcecelia

10-07-2018 @ 11:00 AM

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You can buy a flasher(expensive, about $35,) that will have an audible beep each time the lights flash. It's a lttle annoying but very useful.

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10-07-2018 @ 8:33 AM

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The LED lights work best. I put mine on a panel below the dash and they are nice and bright. You can't miss them.

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The LED lights work best. I put mine on a panel below the dash and they are nice and bright. You can't miss them.

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10-04-2018 @ 10:20 AM

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I suppose there are different types of buzzers, but I put a cotton ball on each side of mine and wrapped it in electrical tape. I only hear a faint "peep".

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My directional switch body on the steering column also has two small lights in it that will flash when unit is used, but one has to connect the blue wire from the unit to the flasher to make them light. Regardless, they are useless because the face of the directional switch is behind mt steering wheel and can not be seen from my normal driver's seat position.

My flasher unit is also too quiet. I had installed the Radio Shack (not here in northeast anymore) buzzer but it was extremely annoying ! A forum member suggested wrapping the buzzer with foam tape etc but that didn't help. Someone said put buzzer in engine compartment - I gave up on it at that time and it went in parts bin.

What I did was install two tiny (1/8") red LED "bulbs" to indicate when flashers were on - one on each side in the face of my speedometer gauge (car is no-way concourse material). They are very inconspicuous and were not hard to install. They work any voltage. Now I am quickly reminded when the flashers are operating and my back-seat driver will remain quiet.

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You are probably located on the east coast. Those may be the only two stores left. They closed them all out here on the "left" coast

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10-04-2018 @ 7:11 AM

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You are probably located on the east coast. Those may be the only two stores left. They closed them all out here on the "left" coast

40cpe

10-03-2018 @ 10:57 AM

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Don't know about stores being open, but the website is still up.

https://www.radioshack.com/pages/search-results?findify_limit=24&findify_q=piezo%20buzzer

PS The website has a store locator. It shows two stores open within 50 miles of me, but they appear to be incorporated with another business like a hardware store or drug store.

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trjford8

10-03-2018 @ 7:36 AM

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Just for info Radio Shack is out of business. I believe they closed all their stores.

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Just for info Radio Shack is out of business. I believe they closed all their stores.

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