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CT Jack · 11-04-2023, 07:40 PM

If you are using old school incadescent lamps you need to use a standard electro-mechanical flasher. This type of flasher is designed to be used with higher wattage lamps.
If you are using LED lamps you need to use a different type of flasher designed to be used with lower wattage LED lamps. Using LED lamps with an old style flasher will cause rapid flashing of the lamps which is called hyperflashing. The very low power consumption of LED lamps will sometimes prevent this type of flasher from working at all. This is why resistors have to be added to the circuit to compensate for the difference.

11-04-2023, 07:40 PM	#4
CT Jack Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Hebron, CT Posts: 436	Re: Faulty Flasher If you are using old school incadescent lamps you need to use a standard electro-mechanical flasher. This type of flasher is designed to be used with higher wattage lamps. If you are using LED lamps you need to use a different type of flasher designed to be used with lower wattage LED lamps. Using LED lamps with an old style flasher will cause rapid flashing of the lamps which is called hyperflashing. The very low power consumption of LED lamps will sometimes prevent this type of flasher from working at all. This is why resistors have to be added to the circuit to compensate for the difference.