NoLimitDeC

so, I installed some red LED rear turn signal lights today instead of the old amber bulbs and now when i turn my blinker on, it goes really fast.. The LED is a 12v and the old bulb is a 12v also.. is there a way to stop this or do i have to put my ambers back in? i would prefer keeping the red cuz it looks nicer but the quick flashing is really annoying.. thanks.

-nimesh

Tmiller87

are you sure it's blinking from the outside at the signal? not in your cluster. It might not be working that's generally what thats letting you know

NoLimitDeC

noo it blinks fast inside and out..
my old bimmer used to do that when one of the signal lights died out, but not when all lights were working.
--its something with the LEDs becuase i remember reading something about this in the past but just cant find it anymore.

Q1911

im not positive. but i think i read somewhere they if u install the leds you need to have a resistors to control the blinking

TwinTurbo335

^ +1

NoLimitDeC

a resonator? the only resonator i know of is the one in my exhaust lol

Q1911

here is a link to some discussion about them. its in the 3rdG forum but still im sure you can get some advice from there i havent read through the whole thing

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ht=turn+signal

dsickles

iTrader: (5)

try changing out the flasher. sometimes the aftermarket flashers have a lower tolerance for a "burnt out" bulb. This worked on my montero.

NoLimitDeC

thanks.. resistors seem like a lot of work that i dont know how to do and a waste of power as they made em sound, i may just go back to stock or look for a red bulb thats not LED..

NoLimitDeC

what flasher? how do i do this?

MurkyRiversTL

Just do the resistors, it really isnt as hard as it sounds. I did it for my car, and for a buddies car. You can do it on the front bulbs and it will work for the back too, or you can do it for the back bulbs

Q1911

AMGala

iTrader: (4)

These are the flasher modules

http://autolumination.com/equalizers.htm

But I don't know what model to get and how to change it.

LukeaTron

You could just get yourself some LEDs with the resistors built in if you think it's too much work to solder in a resistor. They scrub off only a teeny bit of energy as heat. Nothing like what an incandescent bulb puts out. Besides, even if it was throwing away 55 watts of energy (in reality, more like 2 or 3), that's all of .07 HP. Are you really going to miss it?

The delay in the blinking is regulated by the amount of time it takes a capacitor to fill up. If you're blinker circuit has much lower than the designed resistance, the capacitor fills up way too quickly and changes states (on/off) very fast. The resistor just slows down the rate the capacitor fills up.

NoLimitDeC

maybe i am!

idk, that sounds like a good idea, how much do the LEDs with built in resistors usually go for? any idea?

TLin401

I haven't heard of resistors in the bulb but your problem is that the car thinks that it has dead bulbs because they aren't capable of recognizing the bulb because the watts of the bulb is lower than the factory one. If you go on http://v-leds.com you can buy 2 resistors for $9.99 I believe and they give you instructions online on how to install them. Once you put the resistors in everything should go back to normal.

MurkyRiversTL

So in what way was what I said stupid.

AMGala

iTrader: (4)

LOL, don't take offense, he was agreeing with you. People just use that smiley to say that they agree.

MurkyRiversTL

haha ok. Sorry, Im not an angry guy I swear.

NoLimitDeC

okay im thinking ill try the resistors, but ill probably put in the stockies for now. and ill have to solder them correct?

stupid question: is soldering pretty much like welding? except smaller things? (not exactly the same, but similar atleast?)

NoLimitDeC

and the LEDs look like this:



where exactly do i solder? do i need to open the bulb up or anything?

MurkyRiversTL

you use the clamps that come with the resistors. They clamp onto the resistor wire, and the bulb wire. Youll get directions with the resistors.

Q1911

i was just agreeing sir thats all. nothing was stupid!


note to self. next timing using a smiley to agree with Murky use

MurkyRiversTL

lol..... thanks

I guess I was in a bad mood that day

Im happy now though, Im getting my tranny on Saturday....yay