[Vwdiesel] Turn signal erraticness

[Roger Brown]

On 2/11/2012 9:39 PM, LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/11/2012 7:35:14 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> r.c.brown at ieee.org writes:
>
> My '82  started doing that a few years back.  I swapped out the flasher for
> a  solid state
> unit and it works fine  now:
>
> http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&categ
> ory=CAR&Page2Disp=%2Fflashers.htm
>
> Also  blinks the same speed with LED bulbs in there.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks Roger!  You always come up with the coolest, practical  gadgets.
> Soon as I test things out, I'll have to order one.   Those would be good on
> a towing rig so that the turn signals don't flash fast every time the
> trailer's
> hooked up!
>     Loren

Yes, that is a good application for the heavy duty flashers.  They flash the same speed 
independent of load and can handle the higher current of the trailer or towed vehicle.

On my VW pickup, I was experimenting with the LED tail light bulbs and was planning to 
just add the load resistors across the LED turn signals to keep the blinking rate the 
same.  This was with the flasher relay that was already in the vehicle.  That caused that 
relay to act up, so put everything back to stock as far as the turn signals and that 
flasher kept acting strange, either flashed too fast or too slow or not at all.  So 
ordered up a replacement flasher, put it in and all worked normally even when I put the 
LEDs back in.  So I guess that old flasher was about ready to go anyway.



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   Roger