Slow Indicators

I have this really strange problem on my Disco II.
On cold mornings, I put the indicators on and it is several seconds before
they respond. As the car warms up the lag time decreases and on warm days
they work normally. I tried the hazard lamps and they work fine all the time
so it must be something in the indicator stalk. I find this very odd.
Usually, things like this either work or don't work.
Has anybody else experienced this problem?
Steve W (in Aus)

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"QD Steve" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have this really strange problem on my Disco II.
> On cold mornings, I put the indicators on and it is several seconds before
> they respond. As the car warms up the lag time decreases and on warm days
> they work normally. I tried the hazard lamps and they work fine all the time
> so it must be something in the indicator stalk. I find this very odd.
> Usually, things like this either work or don't work.
> Has anybody else experienced this problem?
> Steve W (in Aus)
>
>

It sounds like there is a high resistance somewhere that decreases
with temperature - it could be a bit of condensation or something
simple like a dodgy contact on a bulb - but which one?........

Richard
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It could just be possible that you have one of the old fashioned flasher
units that relies on the heating of a bi-metallic strip to make and break
the circuit and it is getting slow to warm up on a cold day.

Jeff

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> In message <[email protected]>
> "QD Steve" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have this really strange problem on my Disco II.
>> On cold mornings, I put the indicators on and it is several seconds
>> before
>> they respond. As the car warms up the lag time decreases and on warm days
>> they work normally. I tried the hazard lamps and they work fine all the
>> time
>> so it must be something in the indicator stalk. I find this very odd.
>> Usually, things like this either work or don't work.
>> Has anybody else experienced this problem?
>> Steve W (in Aus)
>>
>>
>
> It sounds like there is a high resistance somewhere that decreases
> with temperature - it could be a bit of condensation or something
> simple like a dodgy contact on a bulb - but which one?........
>
> Richard
> --
> www.beamends-lrspares.co.uk [email protected]
> RISC-OS - Where have all the good guys gone?
> Lib Dems - Townies keeping comedy alive

On or around Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:46:26 +0100, "Jeff" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>It could just be possible that you have one of the old fashioned flasher
>units that relies on the heating of a bi-metallic strip to make and break
>the circuit and it is getting slow to warm up on a cold day.

I hesitate to use the word "impossible" in connection with LR production,
but I really doubt that a disco II has a thermal flasher unit. it's more
likely that it's got the wrong flavour of bulbs in it.
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from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
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