"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 11/14/2014 at 22:52 • Filed to: stupid questions

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Why do turn signals blink so fast when one of them goes out?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/14/2014 at 22:53

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Less resistance

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 11/14/2014 at 22:54

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That means nothing to me I have no electrical education at all.

HammerheadFistpunch > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 11/14/2014 at 22:54

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half the resistance is the correct answer. We always called them horny blinkers though.

HammerheadFistpunch > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/14/2014 at 22:55

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Low blinker fluid.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > HammerheadFistpunch 11/14/2014 at 22:56

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Even I'm not that dumb :/

TheHondaBro > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/14/2014 at 22:56

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Think of them like hoses. You have two hoses connected to one water source, flowing at the same rate each. If one of them closes, all that water is now flowing through one hose rather than two, so the pressure doubles essentially.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/14/2014 at 22:57

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It means that electrons can pass through easier.

LappingLuke > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/14/2014 at 22:58

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There's a timing circuit that controls the timing of the blinks. Without the resistance of the other light the timing circuit discharges and charges faster which makes the blinks faster.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > TheHondaBro 11/14/2014 at 22:58

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So it makes whatever the blinking mechanism is work at double speed?

TheHondaBro > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/14/2014 at 22:59

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Yeah.

scoob > HammerheadFistpunch 11/14/2014 at 23:00

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Confession: I actually believed blinker fluid was a thing, way back when.

HammerheadFistpunch > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/14/2014 at 23:01

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A resistor is simple was to induce an on/off circuit and the amount of resistance controls the cycle time, drop out a bulb in a two bulb system and the resistance is halved, doubling the speed of the cycle.

HammerheadFistpunch > scoob 11/14/2014 at 23:02

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man, that's bad. I would stick around to ridicule you some more but i just got my new muffler bearing and i can't wait to put it in!

jariten1781 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/14/2014 at 23:03

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For the old mechanical relays it was due to less resistance like everyone said. However, many cars today actually control them through a computer. In those the answer is: because they we're programmed that way to alert the driver one is out.

scoob > HammerheadFistpunch 11/14/2014 at 23:12

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... What's a muffler bearing... if that even exists?

:'(

Kaizer Soze > HammerheadFistpunch 11/14/2014 at 23:24

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Cool, I just got new spark plugs for my TDI, probably about time because they have never been changed before.

Tohru > scoob 11/15/2014 at 16:06

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It does exist, but most people don't call it that anymore. The most-used modern term is "exhaust donut".

Tohru > HammerheadFistpunch 11/15/2014 at 16:07

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For your Nissan?