Solution to the fast blinker problem.
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Solution to the fast blinker problem.
After installing the leds into my turn signals i had the fast blinker because the resistance was different. Well i went to the local parts store and i got a variable load thermal blinker relay for a vw cabrio and bam! fixed the whole thing. the blinker relay is located right behind the dash, in out less then 5 minutes.
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Good deal! I posted below about some of the issues to think about with this but
it looks like you have it solved! And to think, if I had just read this first, I wouldn't have gone off on my usual long-post analysis... 
-John
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The stock relay has a current sensor circuit which senses the load current of the bulbs. Too low a..
current (like a burned out bulb) and the flash rate is increased to warn the driver. The old-fashoned thermoblinker flasher relays do not change the blink rate idf the load current changes.
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Hey ARK, since you list a 12ohm resistor......
...you must know the minimum current to set off the OEM relay.
Using your resistor I calculate it to be somewhere around 1A.
Is it correct to assume that is the miniumum current for the OEM relay (before it starts flashing faster??)??
TIA!!
Using your resistor I calculate it to be somewhere around 1A.
Is it correct to assume that is the miniumum current for the OEM relay (before it starts flashing faster??)??
TIA!!