• Shout out for ideas/assistance:

    I had a broken rear indicator, so swapped out the pair. Two wires per light.

    I thought this would be simple, and it wouldn’t even really matter which wire went to the earth and which to the live connection. However I’m now getting all sorts of random results from various configs. All indicators lit and flashing, correct side but too fast, correct but only v v dim.

    Is there anything obvious I could be fucking up?

  • Did you replace incandescent with led?

  • It sounds very much like a bad earth somewhere.

  • So go back to the start, and check the wiring diagram (Haynes manual normally) vs the wires you have.

    I'd say, disconnect all the indicators, then plug in only one side. Get them flashing and happy, then disconnect do the other side. Then try everything plugged in.

    Fast flashing can be due to incorrect load on the blinker unit. Normally they stay on when you have one light not working (not enough load), and they blink fast when the wattage of the bulbs is too high for the setup (too much load).

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