Re: headlight relays - now fast blinker SOLVED!!!

["Jeffrey Wheeler" <j_dubbya@mindspring.com>]

Gerry nailed it.  I remembered upon reading his post that I'd removed that
bulb from its socket (for no apparent reason) and noticed some corrosion at
the side contact point.  I just put the bulb back in and forgot about it,
until now.  I guess what little conductivity that was left was further
diminished by my meddling.  Anyway, I was able to sandpaper the contact
points in about 30 sec. on my lunch break, and it works fine now.  Thanks,
Gerry!

Thanks also to everyone else who replied.  It's a wonderful thing to toss a
problem out there and get multiple well-reasoned responses in a matter of
hours.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerry Reichelt" <greichelt@mmcable.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 10:24 AM
Subject: RE: headlight relays - now fast blinker


>    Corrosion between the bulb and its base can also reduce the load
> resulting in a faster flash rate. Try cleaning the contacts in the base
and
> on the bulb with fine sandpaper.
>    Gerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: headlight relays - now fast blinker
>
> Mark Mages wrote:
> > FWIW - mine have always done this.  All of my bulbs
> > are working.  I have just dealt with it for 3 years.
> > IF anyone does know WTF is up with this, lemme know
> > too please.
>
>    Mark, it could be possible that since all of your bulbs are working,
> that perhaps you have a bulb that isnt the 21w as should be.  If the
> circuit has less of a load, it will blink faster.  Do both sides blink
> at the same rate when you use your blinkers, or is the one side usually
> faster?
>
>  Andre'
>
>
>
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