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Maria1959morris
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Light problems

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So have front side lights headlamps working when turn on indicator it blows the indicator relay have the headlamps small sidelights under neath and have added indicators on my 1959 any ideas thanks
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Re: Light problems

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I have no idea what you mean by
when turn on indicator it blows the indicator relay
Assuming it's not a Heath Robinson Bar-steward Child of a system you have, there is no 'Relay'.
It's a Flasher Unit which operates on a bimetallic heater principle (or electronically if a modern replacement).

So what do you mean by '..blows the Indicator relay?'

Clearly you've go something connected up incorrectly, whatever it is....
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Yeah the flasher unit what blows
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Post by les »

If you’ve added indicators, it would be a plan to re-check how you wired things up, sounds like there is a short somewhere.
Wiring is not easy to troubleshoot remotely.

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A traditional Flasher Unit would not 'Blow', but a modern electronic one certainly can.
You've undoubtedly got a short circuit direct to Earth on the wiring you've installed; the Electronic Flasher Unit is 'Blowing' sooner than the 35 Amp Fuse can.
If you haven't got a Multimeter, get one.
However you've wired it all up, I assume the Flasher is in Circuit before the switch.
Remove all 4 lamps and check the respective wiring for a short to earth.
If none of that makes sense to you, please come back and I'll spell it out step by step, although that might be a quite lengthy write....
You might be better off looking up some youtube videos on basic classic car wiring checks...
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