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Re: [oletrucks] Faster Signal Light...more bulbs, blinksfaster...

To: Bill Bailey <billb@gamewood.net>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Faster Signal Light...more bulbs, blinksfaster...
From: ADvent@thuntek.net
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 18:54:54 -0600
when i get a fast blink, i look to see if a bulb is burned out and it usually 
is that.
the more load, the slower it will flash. next time on the road, look at someone 
pulling
a trailer and using their blinkers.

Bill Bailey wrote:

>         >apparently the higher load makes the relay
>         >switch quicker. ..... That gets me to thinking,
>         >that if you place a resistor in series with the light bulb, I wonder 
>if it
>         >would help speed it up more by adding more resistance to the circuit?
>
> Hi!  If your assumption is true that more load, load being defined as
> current draw, makes it flash faster, then adding resistance to the circuit
> will make it go in the opposite direction. Resistance in series reduces
> overall current draw. What you would need are resistors in parallel to the
> light bulbs to draw more current.  They would no doubt be pretty hefty (>5
> watt) resistors.
> I believe you are correct about more  current draw equaling faster flashing
>  however. I think flashers use a bimetallic thermal breaker which heats as
> load is drawn through it up to the point where it opens..then it cools and
> the cycle starts again. Thus more current draw would speed up the cycle.
> The whole thing is similar to the bimetal breaker in the headlight switches
> of our trucks except in the flashers case you want it to open. :)
>
> Bill Bailey
> 57 Chevy 3100
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