Thermal is based on heat, which led's don't put out. Electronic is not based on heat and can account and adjust for the loads.
Even LED specific flashers are electronic based.
This has been talked about several times and having done it myself it is an electronic flasher that works.
Demin wrote on 08/04/08 at 19:00:13:Might just be the flasher unit went bad.Go to Autozone,and get an electronic flasher,about 8-9 bucks.It's under the right side(brake side)of the gas tank towards the front.It has an L shaped plug.
Paladin. wrote on 07/13/08 at 11:47:27:The purpose of the electronic flasher is to make it "Don't Care" -- you can run any combination of lights/leds/lamps, beepers...
Downside is you will not get the fast flash when a bulb burns out so you need to get into the habit of regularly checking that you flash on all four corners.
T Mack 1 - FSO wrote on 07/13/08 at 11:05:03:The standard flasher works by heating up a metal strip (bi-metal actually) that bends and disconnects, then cools and reconnects. If you change the light bulb wattage, it affects the how fast the unit flashes. The LED are real low wattage.......
The Electronic flasher works on a timing circuit that opens and closes a relay. They are not "load" dependant.
That said... I believe you should be able to run LED's w/o an equalizer.... I think... sort of....