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From: berryh@udel.edu (John Berryhill)
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Subject: Re: Circuit for Auto Flasher? (Not difficult at all !)
Keywords: Timer (555)
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Date: 28 Jul 90 08:27:22 GMT
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Making the voltage regulator circuit for a 555 is a waste of time since
you can get there with relays and capacitors.

Better yet, just buy a flasher unit at an auto store.  I LOVE the old
GM flasher that passes the current through a nichrome wire wrapped
around a bimetallic strip that bends upward and breaks contact.  Then
it cools back down and makes the contact again.  Costs about 79 cents
(or free if you take 'em out of the junkyard in your toolbox).











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							      John Berryhill
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