My GTV-6 flasher is a modern garden-variety Bosch unit available over
the counter at places like NAPA and Pep Boys. It only flashes faster
when a bulb is either out or not making proper contact.
George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
On Dec 15, 2010, at 10:26 AM, Richard C. Wagner wrote:
George:
My experience is that flashers will also click rapidly if one or
more of the turn-signal bulbs is burned-out (or in the case of
Alfas, not making decent connection due to corrosion or just poor
sockets). I was unaware that short circuits will also cause it...
It depends on which type of unit is in the car. In Jon's car, being
a '74, I assumed that he'd have a bimetallic unit. Those cycle
faster under heavier current load. "Hybrid" units use a relay and
timing circuit, and can sense when a bulb is out. Those are
designed to blink at twice normal rate when that happens. I don't
know when Alfa would have switched to hybrid or solid-state
flashers. I kind of figured that wouldn't have happened until at
least the Milano.
Rich Wagner
Montose, CO, USA
'82 GTV6
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