On 10-09-97 Alexander Bilan wrote to Day Brown... 
 AB> -how do you get it to blink? Your flasher makes/breaks a 12 volt 
 AB> source. ... 
 *one* source hasta go thru a diode! the typical Si diode drops 
 .6 or .7 volts across it, kinda like a resistor. But the diode 
 either drops .6 volts, burns out, or does not conduct. 
 
Anyhow, if the juice from the hi bean indicator has the diode in 
it, then at night it will glow a little dimmer; and when you turn 
on your turn signal- not something you often do with the hi beams 
on anyway- the line comes straight from the aux prong on a 3 term 
blinker.  If the 3 terminal type is used, then there is no flow 
to either turn signal side when the blinker is not powered. 
 
So, when the hi beam is on, it don't turn on any  signal lite. 
And, because of the diode, the flow dont get past it from the 
3rd prong to the turn signal indicator; but since it don't have 
a diode in that line, the voltage is a little higher, and at 
night, when you have the hi beam on, you can see the difference. 
 
During the day, the difference in brightness is pretty small, but 
you don't use the hi beams then anyway.  And during the day, the 
hi beam indicator gets the full 12 volts, full briteness- from 
the 3rd prong of the flasher. 
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