flasher relays?
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Printed Date: June 08, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Topic: flasher relays?
Posted By: 3000sl95
Subject: flasher relays?
Date Posted: March 23, 2003 at 8:19 PM
can anybody tell me how a 3 pin flasher relay works? and how i could make my own flasher relay out of a standard autmotovie relay.
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Posted By: hotrodelectric
Date Posted: March 23, 2003 at 11:19 PM
If I remember this right- X= power in, L= load (the turn switch) and P= pilot (indicator). What happens is the flasher is made up sorta like a spst switch, but the contact arm is made of a layered material- a bimetal- which when current is applied from x to l, heats up and acts exactly like a circuit breaker. Because of the construction, you cannot, as far as I know, make one from a standard relay. The 2-pin flashers work exactly the same, except they do not have a pilot output.
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