| Signal flasher [message #269713] |
Wed, 14 January 2015 23:58  |
Hal StClair
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Registered: March 2013
Location: Rio Rancho NM
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While trouble shooting my brake lights I came across a small 3 wire flasher that's about half the diameter of a regular flasher. Never seen one like it before and the connector is configured differently than a regular 3 pin flasher. I don't see it listed on Applied's site. Any ideas?
Thanks as always, Hal
"I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind, except you happen to be insane."
1977 Royale 101348,
1977 Royale 101586, Diesel powered,
1974 Eagle Bus 45',w/slideout,
Rio Rancho, NM
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| Re: Signal flasher [message #269714 is a reply to message #269713] |
Thu, 15 January 2015 00:47  |
Rick Staples
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Registered: May 2014
Location: Johnstown, Colorado, USA
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Hal wrote:
While trouble shooting my brake lights I came across a small 3 wire flasher that's about half the diameter of a regular flasher. Never seen one like it before and the connector is configured differently than a regular 3 pin flasher. I don't see it listed on Applied's site. Any ideas?
Hal,
It sounds like the timer for the "Place Power Level in Travel" warning light which illuminates for ~10 seconds whenever you put it in 'Drive' (or in my case whenever I bump the shift lever).
BTW, this is the first time I've tried to post to the forum, so please excuse me if I've screwed up anything. Been lurking for a while, so, Hi all!
Rick Staples, '75 Eleganza, Johnstown, CO
"Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the Wise to the Wise, and all paths may run ill." -Tolkien
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| Re: Signal flasher [message #269715 is a reply to message #269714] |
Thu, 15 January 2015 00:59 |
Hal StClair
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Location: Rio Rancho NM
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Welcome Rick.
You might be right there on the flasher/timer. The wiring diagram I have for my 1977 shows a second flasher. It calls one a 'turn signal flasher', a two wire unit and also calls out a 'hazard flasher', a three wire flasher. I'm confused now, there must be another flasher under there somewhere. I'll have to do some more looking.
Thanks for the heads up,Hal
"I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind, except you happen to be insane."
1977 Royale 101348,
1977 Royale 101586, Diesel powered,
1974 Eagle Bus 45',w/slideout,
Rio Rancho, NM
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| Re: Signal flasher [message #269901 is a reply to message #269715] |
Sat, 17 January 2015 20:43 |
Bob de Kruyff
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Registered: January 2004
Location: Chandler, AZ
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Hal StClair wrote on Wed, 14 January 2015 23:59Welcome Rick.
You might be right there on the flasher/timer. The wiring diagram I have for my 1977 shows a second flasher. It calls one a 'turn signal flasher', a two wire unit and also calls out a 'hazard flasher', a three wire flasher. I'm confused now, there must be another flasher under there somewhere. I'll have to do some more looking.
Thanks for the heads up,Hal
Later coaches have 2 flashers--one for turn signals and one for 4 way flasher. FMVSS required that the turn signal flasher provide an indication of a burned out light and flash twice as fast--therefore 2 separate flashers were required. Many people have installed a "heavy duty" flasher in the turn signal socket to defeat the issue of less or more resistance in the flasher circuit.
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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