R-Razor

Just installed an aftermarket flasher relay to slow down the blink rate of my LED indicators. Everything worked fine until I (stupid as I was) wrapped the two connectors together in the same piece of insulation tape. The result was that the blinkers lighted up permanently when blinking (no fuses blew.) Have I done something really bad to the bikes electrics or did I just bypass the flasher relay? (which would explain why the blinkers lit permanently.) I put the original flasher relay back in and everything seemed back to normal (fast blinkers.) I'm a little uneasy trying to connect the new flasher relay again until I've got a clue about what happened...