What the Blinker Genie does: when the turn signal is not flashing, it runs the turn signal bulb as a running light. The running lights are at the high brightness instead of the normal low brightness – which is great, since it increases conspicuity.
Rear – If you are going to add the Blinker Genie to your rear turn signals, you should first change your rear turn signal bulb and lens to red, so it will still be legal. In the U.S., yellow/amber rear running lights are illegal in most or all states. (If you change your bulb to red and leave the lens as amber, the color will be orange/red which your local police might or might not be OK with.)
Also, the running lights are at the high brightness instead of the normal low brightness – which might not be legal for rear running lights. Rear running lights are the low filament of an 1157 bulb which is 5 to 8 watts; brake light/turn signals are the high filament of an 1157 bulb which is about 21 watts.
Running some turn signals as running lights (constantly on) might make them run hot. If your running lights run hot, or if they are too bright, add a ½ watt resistor in line with the yellow wire.
My rear running lights are too bright, but this also increases conspicuity so I am not going to add the resistor for now. If I get pulled over for this, then I would add the resistor.
Front – The Blinker Genie functions great when used in the front. (Keep in mind some bikes – examples: Honda and Yamaha – already have this function.) When the turn signal is not flashing, it runs the turn signal bulb as a running light. The running lights are at the high brightness instead of the normal low brightness – which is great, since it increases conspicuity in the front.
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