Fast turn signal blinker, what the....?

[johncworden at verizon.net (John C. Worden)]

Dave was right.  It was a wrong bulb.  I swapped it out and it works fine.

John

At 04:50 PM 9/22/06, David Winchell, II wrote:

>One of your bulbs is incorrect.  The relay uses the resistance from the bulb
>to determine if a light is functioning correctly or not.  With the wrong
>bulb inserted, the light will still work and blink, but with the wrong bulb
>it will blink the same as if one of the bulbs is blown.  Replace with
>correct bulbs in both and the problem will be solved.  Check the matching
>bulbs on the opposite side to verify which one is incorrect.
>
>HTH,
>
>Dave
>
>David Winchell, II
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John C. Worden [mailto:johncworden@verizon.net]
>Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 3:26 PM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Fast turn signal blinker, what the....?
>
>So the new(to me) '88 has a fast left hand blinker.  I figured "easy
>enough" and check to see
>which bulb is not blinking.  The both are blinking, but of course, at twice
>the regular speed.
>So I swapped out the relay and no change.  Now I am wondering what could be
>causing this.
>I did check out the bulbs even though they light fine, and no corrosion or
>anything, so I am
>wondering what is causing this.
>
>
>
>John C. Worden


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