Re: Fri 13th!! :P and question -LONG

[raf40@oes.amdahl.com (Richard Funnell)]

>When you hook up additional lights to a flasher circuit, as in the case
>of adding a trailor (no correlation to tralior experience BTW), the
>normal turn signals will flash very rapidly, I believe because of
>increased resistance in the circuit...ergo:
>
>There could be increased resistance in the given turn signal circuit, not
>enough to blow a fuse, but maybe a weak wire, that is causing the flasher
>to flash more rapidly.  Check the wires, particularly the ones on the
>given side, that might have been crushed/broken/maimed by the falling shelf.

Actually, you're close but it's decreased resistance in the curcuit that
causes non heavy duty flashers to flash more rapidly.  When you add trailer
lights, they end up in parallel with the originals, reducing resistance.
Heavy duty flashers avoid that effect by being insensitive to load.

Richard Funnell,
San Jose, California
'83 urQ
'87 560 SL