the reason to not skip wires and not tie things together is it's not correct - if you mean the P terminal on the flasher is always hot, either power goes to the wrong pin or you do have an incorrect [or defective] flasher .... depending on the unit you have, the blue and black have different functions, blue is usually a front light, and black a back light .... might find some help in this tech tip

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics