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Subject:Re: binker flashing like a strobe light.
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Wed, 24 Mar 1999 01:34:07 +0100

BILL wrote:

> Yes, with one light out there is less load on the circuit. Mine is currently
> doing the same thing. However, it is most likely a bad connection in the
> socket, at least in my case on my 82. I had the same problem on my 85 and it
> turned out to be a bad socket (corroded). Just cleaned it up and works good.
>
>

mtngal wrote:

>
>
> Could somebody help me with this problem. When I turn on the left blinker it
> is blinking so fast that you almost can't see it blink in daylight.....
>
> <went to check the lights on the van in the rain>
> At night only the rear light is like a strobe. The front light doesn't
> blink...lol
> Is this the classic way the van tells you, you have a blown bulb??

Actually, the fast blinking when a bulb is blown is a feature in the flasher
relay, it is an indicator of a blown bulb. There is also different relays that
do not feature this.

PerL
88 Syncro