Flasher unit not powering bulb?

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Andymoor94
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Flasher unit not powering bulb?

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Hello hello!

So I'm installing indicators into my trafficator'd Series 2. Nearly there now, so let me explain the setup.

Fuse sends power to trafficator switch under dash. I then have the L and R terminals sending two wires each. One to the trafficator as normal, then one to my setup.
That wire goes into the flasher unit's left terminal. The right terminal has a wire leading to the indicator bulb.

When activating the switch, the indicator bulb lights up, great! So I attach a wire from the flasher unit's middle terminal to ground. Now when I activate the switch, the flasher unit clicks like an indicator should, but the bulb doesn't come on at all.

What's likely the problem here?

Edit: Flasher unit are both 12v 21WX2 + 5W, Max 47W.
Indicators are just cheap motorcycle indicators with a black and grey wire. Throughout all of this, only one of these wires is used and the other one, grounded or not, changes nothing
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