virginTLS

Hi all,

Went through SuperBrightLEDs...

Been trying to put in a set of 15-LED 7443 Wedge Base with 6 Radial mounted LEDs in for brake lights...

Ran into the burnt out bulb indicator issue...

Tried installing their 6 Ohm, 50 Watt resistors...



Question is...

Which wire do I tap?
Red/Black or Green/White?
Solid black is ground for sure.


I tried both separate scenarios of
- Red/Black + Black
- Green/White + Black

and both still triggered the burnt out bulb indicator. Any ideas on what the problem may be?

and more importantly... any solutions?


Much thanks

virginTLS

(I think I've gone totally blind... where's that Edit button for this thread...)

After digging a bit further through the forums...


So which is our brake "hot wire" for the 7443?

Red/Black or White/Green?

or...

Is the problem with the resistor...?
Is a 6 ohm 50 Watt resistor correct?

Can someone provide a link for our brake light wiring schematic?

Much thanks again.

PenancE

i dont think anyone did a led on the brake light. most peeps just got the bulb and pluged n play...


plus, i remember seeing pics of the led bulbs in the brake lamp, its shitty looking, hot spots and not near as bright...

virginTLS

Really wanting to make it work, (and after some more Googling...) went back into the garage and started tinkering with the stupid wires again...

Having found Lumstar and looking around through their pages, I came across this tiny little diagram...



Working backwards, the Green/White wire is our hotwire!



Taking apart the blue wire splices that came with the resistor kit revealed also that their wire gauge was a bit off... where the splices didn't really quite cut in to and through the insulator to strike metal. So yep, as dumb as it sounds, the burnt out bulb indicator lit up because the splices which were on the correct wires weren't cutting in to make a good connection.

Redid the splices making sure the connections are good, and voila.

Good bye burnt out bulb indicator.