I spent two days tracing my turn-signal circuit to no avail. There was
continuity and current everywhere. In the end, at the plug by the steering
wheel, there was current in, and jumping the signal wires to the battery made
everything work, but jumping the current in to the signal wires did not work.
Then I read an article in Popular Mechanics that discussed tracing voltage.
There were less than 10 volts into the circuit - the flasher was passing
current, but not enough to make everything work. A new flasher solved the
problem.
This is a very hard way to learn simple things.
I figured out why my turn-signal buzzer goes on when the lights go off. The
buzzer is in parallel with the flasher can. When the flasher is closed, there
is little drop in the voltage across the terminals, not enough to activate the
buzzer. When the flasher is open, there is a voltage drop that activates the
buzzer, but not enough current through the buzzer to light the lights.
Michael Rowe
'74 Midget
'60 Bugeye kit
Long Island, NY
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