what can cause a slow turn signal
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what can cause a slow turn signal
Good evening everyone. I have a 1967 cutlass convertible and it has a slow turn signal flash on the drivers side. The passenger side has a normal flash? Anyone have suggestions why one is much slower than the other. I just 2 installed new flasher fuses today and nothing changed.
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Flasher fuses or flasher units?
Electro-mechanical flashers work due to heat generated by the current flowing through the circuit. Try swapping the flasher units to see if the slow operation follows the flasher unit. If so, that points to an issue with the flasher unit.
Electro-mechanical flashers work due to heat generated by the current flowing through the circuit. Try swapping the flasher units to see if the slow operation follows the flasher unit. If so, that points to an issue with the flasher unit.
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Bad bulb (usually causes a fast flash), bad socket , bad flasher, bad ground...shocker there huh.
Yes chineeeeseium blinker fluid or over filling the blinker fluid reservoir can wreak havoc like a blue hair doin 45 in the left lane of the big road with the blinker on for 20 miles.
Yes chineeeeseium blinker fluid or over filling the blinker fluid reservoir can wreak havoc like a blue hair doin 45 in the left lane of the big road with the blinker on for 20 miles.
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The same single flasher module is used for both sides. If one side is slow and the other side is normal, the flasher is not the problem. The stock electromechanical flasher uses a bimetallic strip that heats up with current, causing the contacts to open. When it cools, the contacts close and the process repeats. If one side is slow, it's because the circuit on that side is drawing less current and thus not heating up the flasher module contact arm as fast. Look for corroded terminals or different bulbs, or anything that could cause different current draw on that side.
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. If one side is slow, it's because the circuit on that side is drawing less current and thus not heating up the flasher module contact arm as fast. Look for corroded terminals or different bulbs, or anything that could cause different current draw on that side.
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The circuit equations can be determined using Ohm's Law, which gives the relationship between voltage and current in a resistor (V=IR), and Kirchhoff's Current and Voltage Laws, which govern the currents entering and exiting a circuit node and the sum of voltages around a circuit loop, respectively.
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