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Most of the time the indicators on my '79 GS400 work fine, however sometimes the front left bulb doesn't work and so (I guess the bulbs create resistance?) the flasher doesn't work, it's just stays on solid. The bulb is ok and I put a multimetre over the contacts and it showed it working too. Quite odd. Sometimes if I just cancel the indicators and then try again it works. Any ideas?Tags: None
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Crankthat
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(I guess the bulbs create resistance?)
Correct me someone if I am wrong, because I haven't checked these internally, but I EXPECT these are the old fashioned device where there's a bimetal strip in there, gets hot with the current flow and bends "OFF" the contact. After awhile it cools and pops back on. The tick,tick,tick is the thing bending, just like those little clickerfrogs some of us might remember...
So a bulb not passing full current means there's not enough juice to heat the relay and a signal stays on.
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