Bill, the Lucas design for the flasher relies on small elves that live in a
metal container under the dash on a TR6. When you operate the flasher the
elves switch the circuit on and off. They feel the cold terribly however and
rely on a heated bi-metalic strip in the box to keep warm and this heater is
dependent on the wattage of the incandescent bulbs.
If you switch to LED's the heater wont work, the elves will move somewhere
warmer and the LED lamps will not flash. The solution is to use a modern
electronic flasher that could care less what the wattage is. The purists don't
like them because the starting sequence is wrong (the elves start with OFF)
and the cadence is wrong but I think most of us are happy if the flashers just
flash.
Stan
-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Bill
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 2:19 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] LEDs & Flasher
Thanks, from all the replies, I am pretty much sold, one more
question. I have heard there is some problem with using the original
type turn signal flasher, the Litezupp website seems to indicate it
should be replaced with a NAPA substitute, is this a problem ???
Thanks again
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