On 5/24/2010 3:15 PM, Foster, Stan (HP IT) wrote:
> 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
>
All wrong. If the you switch to LED's the elves will get confused,
panic and flash too fast. They do the same thing when one of the turn
signals burns out.
Peter T.
> -----Original Message-----
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> 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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