Turn Signals: Description and Operation
GENERAL INFORMATION1. When operation is normal
- When the ignition switch is switched to the ON position, battery voltage is applied (via the multipurpose fuse (11) and hazard switch) to the turn-signal and hazard flasher unit.
- When the turn-signal switch is switched to the LH position, Tr1 (within the flasher unit) is switched ON and OFF repeatedly. Then the contacts of the relay 1 (also within the flasher unit) repeatedly switch from ON to OFF, causing the turn-signal lights and turn-signal indicator light LH to flash.
- When the turn-signal switch is switched to the RH position, Tr2 (within the flasher unit) is switched ON and OFF repeatedly. Then the contacts of relay 2 (also within the flasher unit) repeatedly switch from ON to OFF, causing the turn-signal lights and turn-signal indicator light RH to flash.
2. If one of the bulbs is burned out
- If the LH (or RH) turn-signal light bulb is burned-out, the resistance of the turn-signal circuit as a whole increases, resulting in shorter ON and OFF intervals of the LH Tr1 (or RH Tr2) and a higher flashing rate of the LH lights (or RH lights).