Turn signal issue (Tridon flasher)

[jyck]

Hi,

I removed my front turn signals and my rears stopped flashing (but would come on). Per the forums, I picked up a $10 Tridon 20a flasher from Pep Boys which worked great for the first ride. Then......nothing. Lights didn't come on at all anymore.

Put the old flasher back on. Lights come on but no flash. Any ideas? (besides putting everything back to stock?)

[jyck]

Also, keeping in mind I'm no electrical genius here, I just did a continuity test with my multimeter and the old flasher still had flashing capacity while the Tridon kept a constant value.

Did I somehow fry the new flasher?

[koolaid_kid]

Sounds like you did fry the new one.
The old one needs the load of 2 bulbs in order to flash. If you only have 1 bulb the bulb will light but not flash, which is what you have reported.

[jyck]

Any clue on how the new one fried?

[koolaid_kid]

Any clue on how the new one fried?

None whatsoever. They are very simple, a coil and a set of points in a momentary configuration. Possibly an early death-type failure? Certainly not a overcurrent, it was a 20A relay.