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Hi all,
Firstly, thanks for any help/advice I’m a total novice and learning as I go. However electrical issues have me totally stuck

After getting my van out of winter storage did the usual checks and all seemed fine until I checked the indicators.

1st issue - one indicator is fine the other is extremely dull (I’ve swapped the bulbs and this made no difference) (video link below)
https://streamable.com/vha1u5

2nd issue - when the sidelights/headlights are on and you put the indicator on it flashes the wrong bulb on the passenger side (video link below)
https://streamable.com/hewcet

Any input will be greatly appreciated and sorry if this is a very basic issue

Cheers
Jack

It’s an earth fault , check the earths behind the fuse box

Thanks for that David - I’ll have a look this afternoon

Low battery voltage, start the van and try with the engine running i betit all works fine then.

As David says clean your earth connections and earth crown, maybe worth checking and cleaning the connections on the bulb side as well.

jas915 wrote: ↑15 Apr 2022, 11:22 Low battery voltage, start the van and try with the engine running i betit all works fine then.

If the battery voltage was low enough to affect the indicators then it would not start.

I had weird indicators after doing some work on my van, fine before. Spent ages faffing and nothing fixed it. Just be coincidence i started the van for another reason. Indicators fixed so i assumed poor voltage but van still started

Passenger side earth.

Not had mine long so I don't know exactly how they are wired, but it must be the earth because current (amps) is flowing backwards through a different bulb.

Definitely earth...

Could easily be corroded spades on the bulb holders,
Mine were completely rotten when I first took the van on.
I eventually replaced over 50 connectors on the van's loom due to rust or verdi-gris.