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PeterB

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The driver's side flashes slower then the passenger's side. Am I safe to assume the flasher unit is going, or is there something else to check?

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Pete
 
The driver's side probably has more resistance than the passenger's side. Check for corroded connections. The flasher unit is driven by heating of the element from current flow - less flow, slower heating.
 
check your bulbs as well as the connections. In the eville old days (pre LEDs, etc.) the change in flasher speed usually meant that a bulb had passed away. Doug
 
More info to add to my puzzle. So, in checking all my grounds and connections over the weekend I noticed that when the driver's side blinks slow you can hear the flasher unit that the 3 wires connect to make a tik tok noise. When the passenger's side blinks fast, no noise is made.
 
I know its a stupid question, but have you changed a bulb on the passenger side, they should be 21 watt bulbs,
If you have fitted a 5 watt side lamp bulb by mistake it would give the symptoms you have.
Since the flasher unit serves both left and right flashers, and one side is working i would asume it is not the flasher unit.
I have also come accross where someone fitted a double fillement bulb 180 degrees out, gave then a nice bright side light
but a dim flasher.
 
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