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I'm convinced it's the LEDs.
I tried to find an LED compatible electronic flasher locally yesterday and came back with one labelled EP-35. When I removed the thermal flasher (550) that was in there and replaced it with the electronic one, nothing happened. No flashing, no nothing with the lights on or off.
There were only a few combinations that seemed to work while keeping the 550 flasher in place: putting the original 1157 bulbs in all four sockets; or just the lower sockets with the Pilot LEDs in the uppers, or some no-name LEDs I got from Amazon in the same two lower sockets while the upper sockets were occupied by the Pilots.
For the time being the latter will stay even though the lower LEDs don't flash - well, maybe ever so slightly. The all-LED combo seems much brighter than the 1157s which is what I was after all along.
I do think I'll try to find a different electronic, LED-compatible flasher at some point.
Wearily,
Tom
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