At 04:05 PM 6/23/01 -0400, Larry Elswick wrote:
>If the emergency flasher unit clicks
>repetitively when switched on but
>the lights don't flash, does that mean the
>flasher unit is bad?
Flasher units are thermally driven by current. The more lights you have on
the circuit or the more amperage you are pulling, the faster the thermal
unit heats up, breaks contact, cools down, makes contact, repeat. If you
have a bulb out on the car, it may not pull enough current for the turn
signal to heat up and trigger. In the case where it is flashing very fast,
it means there is excessive current or a short in the circuit.
Flasher Lights Result
On/no click On/no flash Bulb out
On/slow click On/flash Bulb out
On/normal On/flash Normal
On/fast click On/fast flash Dirty light sockets/partial short
On/fast click Off/no lights Short before wire gets to the turn signal
circuit under dash
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