"Red Light Changer"

dug1967

I thought this must have been brought up before but kept trying different searches and didn't find anything.....

Anyhow, does anybody have any experience with the "Red Light Changer" magnet dealies???? Like this....

Red Light Changer

I get tired of running "left turn" traffic lights. I am really curious if they work or not.

DragonXX

If it uses no power it must be just a hunk of magnetic material because this is what triggers the wire loop in the road.
Highly dubious product, methinks.
Lets face it, if 220 kgs of metal does disturb a magnetic field than this 'box' won't either ! ........... Just my 2 cents !

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lois

I agree with Dragon on this one.

By the way....whats that in Lbs ?

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DragonXX

220 kgs x 2.2 = 484 lbs

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dug1967

Yeah, I agree Dragon.... It seems difficult to believe... I just can't find any comments anywhere (here or Google) from people who have tried one.... I have seen several different designs and hope eventually I will run across an actual user to comment on them..

Thanks for the thoughts...

DragonXX

Maybe they are all too embarrassed to admit they got suckered into buying one

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Nutter67

Maybe they are a bit like Peter Brocks "Energy Polarizer"

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DragonXX

Vale: The great Peter Brock
But I'm sure that if he had things over again, that part of his life would be quite different

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Nutter67

Somehow I dont think it would. Brocky was never backward in coming forward.

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magley64

you'd be suprised how much more a magnet disturbs a field than steel does....

they are pretty cheap, give 1 a shot...

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SPIDERMAN12

Actually I have tried the Green Light Triggers and have been satisfied with the results. I tried one but there was a particular light that it did not work on so I added another one. In the last six years I had not any problems with traffic lights.

outlawgibbs

If you do let me know how they work. I cant afford to get cought running a red so Im stuck sitting there till it changes.

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SPIDERMAN12

As I mentioned earlier, the two on my Blackbird work just fine. Much better than using just one. The one's that I purchased were branded "Green Light Trigger".

dug1967

Thanks for the reply Spidie... I have seen that "Green Light Trigger" one and was thinking about trying it. Thanks for letting me know it works for you.

When you say you have two, is it two of the original design or two of the new "HP" design?

Thanks for the info.

Growler67

You can sometimes get results by putting your sidestand on the sealer strip and revving the engine. The vibration as well as the Engine generating a bit of a EM field will sometimes trip the sensor. There generally isn't enough ferrous metal in a motorcycle to trip the sensor the same way a cage can. That is as least part of the reason that those sensors are being replaced by cameras.

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1100xxben

... you beat me to it. I don't even think you need to rev the engine. A lot of people say to turn the bike off and start it, as this produces large amounts of EMF, but you'd have to time it just right as most sensors aren't "checking" for traffic constantly. I know of one in particular that only checks every 60 seconds.

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DragonXX

You guys at least have electronically controlled lights. Most of the ones in this part of the world are still on the old fashioned timer set-up. So hanging a large chunk of magnetite on the bottom of the 'Bird won't help !

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Banshee

They may be on timers, Dragon, but if there isn't a car there, the timer doesn't trigger. (At least, not at night when traffic is low. In Sydney, anyway.) Look for the induction loops in the ground just before the lights.

Sticking a couple of kgs of steel on the bottom of the bike would work as well as anything else, really, we had an induction triggered vehicle door where I worked that we used to trigger so we could walk through using the steel cap from a nitrogen cylinder.

On further thought, a powerful magnet would trigger a change in the current in the loop, but it would need to move across the loop as quickly as possible for best effect. Generally, these sensors just look for an increase in induction in the loop caused by conductive material. Ferrous metals, of course, work best. A magnet will cause a spike in the current as it crosses the windings, but would have little when stationary.

CanadianBird

OMG!! What's all this buzz?? Can't you just wait a few secs for the light to change? Why would I add a couple of K's of magnetic weight to the bottom of my Bird? Run a red light, why would you do that?? Wow, the gadgets never cease to amaze me. Oz wasn't that complicated in '68 when I lived there. Beer was cheap, so were the women, rent, petro, and the pay. Life was simple. :offtopi c:

magley64

canadianbird...

we're referring to lights at intersections with sensors...

if there is no traffic on one side of the light, the other side stays green...indefinitely...

the "trigger" sometimes isn't sensitive enough to pick up a motorcycle waiting, so the cycle would be stuck there until a car came along, or until he died from boredom...

it should be called a "sensor switch" or something because green light trigger sounds like something ambulances have where they ALWAYS have a green light, regardless of direction of travel...

there have been a few people that get ahold of these units out of junked ambulances, but the cops aren't pleased by people who use them...

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outlawgibbs

Canadian it would be fine if the wait was only a few seconds. Ive waited over two mins. already for a light to change before I gave up and just ran it.

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Venus97

I had a Green Light Trigger, and it seemed to help at some lights and not at others. It is not that I was impatient, but some lights just did not recognize the bike being there and the sequence would bypass my and the bike.

Someone told me if you have a centerstand, to just use your foot and lower it back and forth while stopped at the light and when I did so, it seemed to help, or maybe it was just the power of positive thinking.

DragonXX

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