Sorry to say this guys. Mine work with out the car running. Nothing
cosmic about the car. Stock everything (electrically speaking of
course). I don't know what the problem could be. Old flasher unit? Bad
relay?
Joe
On Sun, 27 Aug 2000 08:16:03 -0700 Randall Young
<randallyoung@earthlink.net> writes:
>
> John :
>
> In general, the problem is voltage drop in the wiring, switches,
> etc.
> When the engine is running, the source voltage is 1.5-2.0 volts
> higher,
> which is enough to make the difference. The common flasher is
> deliberately designed to be "on the edge", so that you can tell if a
> turn signal filament is burned out.
>
> One solution is to switch to a "heavy duty" load-insensitive
> flasher.
> You will lose the "burn out" indication, but it will flash under all
> conditions.
>
> (Of course, I'm assuming you aren't talking about the fact the turn
> signals don't work with the ignition key off <g>)
>
> Randall
>
> JRossi727@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Hello All. Question. Why is it that the directionals only work
> when the car
> > is running? My 74 and my son's 72 are the same. Thanks John,
> Flintstone, GA
Joe Burlein
72 TR-6
Melbourne, FL
Real cars are designed to carry only two people, anything else is just a
bus.
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