Installed turn signal resistors, still blinking fast.
10-18-2014, 08:03 PM
#1
Installed turn signal resistors, still blinking fast.
I installed four amber LED's to each headlight and tail light, and as expected, got the hyperspeed turn signal. I read some other threads and installed wirewound resistors (10W, 10 ohm) from radioshack, soldered some wires to each resistor, and spliced each resistor to each turn signal using wire taps.
They still blink fast. I checked to see if the resistors were getting hot, and sure enough the back two resistors (the one's on the tail lights) were so hot I couldn't touch them for too long.
The front ones however, were mildly warm, but just barely.
Any ideas? Couldn't find someone with the same issue.
They still blink fast. I checked to see if the resistors were getting hot, and sure enough the back two resistors (the one's on the tail lights) were so hot I couldn't touch them for too long.
The front ones however, were mildly warm, but just barely.
Any ideas? Couldn't find someone with the same issue.
10-19-2014, 11:55 PM
#6
You need actually three of those 10W, 10 Ohm resistors per side to prevent the hyperblinking. I know because that's what I have too. I have two in the front and one in the back per side. One in the front and back wasn't enough.
It works but if I'd do it again, I'd just go with the VLEDs resistors. It's a cleaner and better solution and not that much more expensive to make it worth messing with this.
It works but if I'd do it again, I'd just go with the VLEDs resistors. It's a cleaner and better solution and not that much more expensive to make it worth messing with this.
10-20-2014, 01:48 PM
#8
You need actually three of those 10W, 10 Ohm resistors per side to prevent the hyperblinking. I know because that's what I have too. I have two in the front and one in the back per side. One in the front and back wasn't enough.
It works but if I'd do it again, I'd just go with the VLEDs resistors. It's a cleaner and better solution and not that much more expensive to make it worth messing with this.
It works but if I'd do it again, I'd just go with the VLEDs resistors. It's a cleaner and better solution and not that much more expensive to make it worth messing with this.
And to the other responses, I was told by a few other people to use the 10W, 10 ohm resistors. Not everyone can be an electricity professional ............. (I like to use multiple dots too
)
10-25-2014, 11:23 PM
#11
i ended up putting one 6ohm 50watt resistor on each bulb everything works great. My full conversion is from vled and couldn't be happier with the way they work and perform!
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