Nope, 1156 are single filament 12V bulbs. 1154 are 6V double filament bulbs which is what I believe is required in this case.
drunkman you are absolutely right.sorry senior moment 54vicky.did not mean to muddy the water with wrong #
1154 is the correct number, I have replaced them all as well as the grounds, brand new blinker, added more resistance and still have had no change. T
So, as far as I can gather, all lights are working correctly other than flashing too fast? Seems to me that a heavy duty flasher is needed, don't know what else it could be.
I always use heavy duty #552 flashers - available at any good auto parts. Also would going to 12V be in your future?
We all seem to be concentrating on the wiring, the sockets and the bulbs. Could there be a short or something grounding in the turn signal switch itself? How about the brake lamp switch? The turn signal circuit is often routed thru the brake lamp switch.
I had thought about that, the switch itself had the original wires so I just finished re wiring and soldering the turn signal switch, and as far as I can tell, the brake light switch is grounded. We will see if that helps at all. Thanks again for all of the input. T
G'day Hate to drag up an old thread but I'm having the exact same issue with my car and would like to know if the OP found a fix? My car is 12v and we've tried adding bulbs, checked the earths, all bulbs are together and in one piece and tried a couple different flasher relays. Doesn't sound like there's much else that can be wrong.. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Pull all of the bulbs and use a multimeter to see if the flasher is still flashing. The multimeter should not draw enough to activate the flasher by itself so if the flasher is still flashing without the bulbs there's a short somewhere between the flasher and bulb socket. It may be better to start a new thread.
Ohms law states that an increase in resistance will cause a decrease in current. Unless this is a modern electronic flasher, high resistance will make it flash slower not faster. Too much current, like if you plug in trailer lights without a heavy duty flasher, make it flash faster. A short will cause excessive current and is the logical thing to look for. Easy enough to check by bypassing the switch but a waste of time in my opinion.
I guess he solved problem or gave up I just read back through and noticed in his post #25 he stated all bulbs were flashing at once.the only thing I can think is that his switch is or was the problem.as it is the one common point for the wires to signals as he said he rewired with new wire but if internal problem in switch rewiring would not fix the problem.would have been nice to know as it would maybe helped someone else.sdluck I think you may have been right
I agree if voltage stays at 12 volts ,so does it do this running or engine off,because battery voltage should be different.
Super fast, thousand times a minute, is a dead short, I bet the bulbs aren't even getting a chance to light up.
If he says all 4 turn signals are blinking, then yes, the turn signal switch or wiring is screwed up. Another possibility is that he might have the X (6V) and P (turn indicator) terminals swapped and the flasher is doing some strange things. Take flasher out and jumper the two opposite terminals (X and L) with an ammeter. + goes to X, - goes to L. Read the current, it should be a little higher than 4 amps. If higher, like 6-9 amps, you have too many bulbs running, which again might be turn signal switch or wiring. Above 10 amps means a short somewhere.
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