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Smoothrod
Posted on Friday, January 20, 2006 - 09:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Allright ive done the headlamp test and when I turn the left blinker on the flash module just hums. Right blinker is fine, but when I turn on the left it hangs and just hums. Does this mean the flasher module is bad?
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Glitch
Posted on Friday, January 20, 2006 - 10:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Or the relay.
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No_rice
Posted on Friday, January 20, 2006 - 10:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

mine will just hum if i turn it on, but i dont have any blinkers so its not making a full circuit. might be something to think about.
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99x1
Posted on Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 08:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"Allright ive done the headlamp test and when I turn the left blinker on the flash module just hums."
The headlamp bulb is to protect the wiring harness from melting while testing for shorts. (The bulb limits the current, an automotive fuse blows at a very high initial current - a 20 amp blade style fuse blows at 20 amps after 1 second, at 0.1 seconds it can pass almost 100 amps - BussAuto.pdf). The flasher has a DOT standard that it has to indicate a open or shorted bulb by flashing at least half or double the flash rate to indicate the fault. With the flasher humming (with the bulb replacing the fuse, there is no harm being done), remove bulbs, move wiring, disconnect the left wire off the hand control, etc... until the humming changes.
Good Luck!
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Smoothrod
Posted on Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 06:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have to give it up to 99X1, his troubleshooting method was dead on. After plugging the lamp bulb into the fuse slot that kept blowing I just started to wiggle and jiggle till it happened. A wire was loose underneath the main fuse box. I hate electrical problems! Took off the fuse box secured the wires and it works like brand new. Thanks for everyone who posted in this thread and the other one. Special thanks to 99X1
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