[WILD YOTE]

I relocated my turn signal lights tonight and now they blink twice as fast as they did before. The only difference is I replaced them with LED lights. Think thats it? Any remedys??

 

[Mike]

I relocated my turn signal lights tonight and now they blink twice as fast as they did before. The only difference is I replaced them with LED lights. Think thats it? Any remedys??

Yes, it's definitely caused by the LED lights. They don't draw nearly the current of a conventional bulb, you need to put a load in parallel to get things back the way they were. I would have to double check, but something in the range of a 6 ohm 50 watt resistor should work.

Later,
....Mike

 

[Juicy Jaos]

I relocated my turn signal lights tonight and now they blink twice as fast as they did before. The only difference is I replaced them with LED lights. Think thats it? Any remedys??

just search online. if you don't know what resistor to get from radio shack, there's a bunch of places that sell resistors for led bulb replacement.

 

[rokbrkr]

we've done a few of these in the shop and they all blink fast, we didn't use LED bulbs, will the resistor still work for the incandesent bulbs, the fast blinking would drive me nuts

 

[WILD YOTE]

Thanx for the assistance. I'll give the resistors a whirl and post the results...

 

[WILD YOTE]

Any reccomendations on where to get them??

 

[wesniles]

http://stores.ebay.com/Velocity-leds_W0QQssPageNameZl2QQtZkm....theres no ttora in ny...how do can join?

 

[Amber00Dak]

the proper resistor will cure any fast blinking problem. just go to radio shack

 

[WILD YOTE]

just tell them I need a resistor for an LED light with a 12v power source??

 

[hammerdown]

just tell people its "hyper flash". say you meant to do it and it represents your personallity.

 

[WILD YOTE]

I debated leaving it as is but it kinda gets on my nerves. Plus it will be harder to tell if I have a signal light out next time a bulb dies...

 

[Amber00Dak]

Plus it will be harder to tell if I have a signal light out next time a bulb dies...

or not...maybe it will blink even faster with a bulb out. you'll have turn signal strobes

you could always leave it like that. guys with the Honda civics actually buy crap to make it do that. just think if you had a Civic you'd be up like 15 HP with it blinking that fast

 

[shovelhead]

Badlands makes a flasher module for bikes it should work with your truck