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Old 11-03-2014, 06:17 PM   #2
Bob Johnson
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Default Re: Signal light system

Rapid flash is a result of too much current going through the flasher. The bulbs you are using draw more current than the flasher was designed to handle. The flasher works by running the current through a bi-metal strip. The current heats up the strip and it bends disconnecting the circuit. Then it cools off, bends back and the lights go back on. If there is not enough current the bi0metal strip will not bend and the lights will stay on. It there is too much current the bi-metal strip heats up too fast and the light flash too fast. Is there an amperage rating on the flasher? (something like 2A)?

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