Most styles can be installed in a few hours. Replacement flashers Tridon Aftermarket Division, Stant Manufacturing Inc., Denver, offers a complete line of replacement flashers. Electronic flashers are original equipment replacement products featuring an integrated circuit with a built-in lamp outage indicator with most models. Electro-mechanical flashers are manufactured with electronic precision to last 10 times longer than thermal flashers for applications requiring higher than normal lamp loads. Thermal flashers are lower cost, variable-load devices designed for light trucks.
Loud flashers provide a clicking signal, fives times more audible than standard flashers.
Power generator Teleflex Canada Ltd., Richmond, B.C., has created a new business unit called Proheat Thermal Technology. It also provides 35 amps of 12-volt power to charge the truck's batteries. The entire unit is powered by a 2-cylinder Kubota diesel engine, rated at 13.9 hp. This engine consumes between a pint and a quart of fuel per hour, depending on load. This kit, available from VDC Electronics, Englewood, N.J., is said to be capable of restoring old batteries and keeping new ones in top condition.