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Post by grundlepunch on Nov 9, 2008 16:24:14 GMT -5
i put in a set of led blinkers front and rear (rear being the tail light as well).
All the blinkers work when lights are off, fronts work as parking lights and rears work as running and brake lights.
but when i have the lights on, i get no blinkers. doesn't click or anything. Only thing i can think of is possible a grounding problem. but that doesnt make to much sense because they still are on as running lights... any ideas?
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Post by CSaddict on Nov 9, 2008 17:29:04 GMT -5
I had the same issue. The power is backfeeding. See my LED thread. You need a diode to stop the back flow. I used 1n4001 or something like that. any of the 4000 series will work. The 4007 will take more power.
You also need an electronic flasher that works with LED's. Triton makes them and they actually have LED printed right on them.
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Post by CSaddict on Nov 9, 2008 17:30:45 GMT -5
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Post by grundlepunch on Nov 9, 2008 18:38:47 GMT -5
sweet man! thanks, im sorry i am an electric noob. where does the diode go?
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Post by CSaddict on Nov 9, 2008 20:25:57 GMT -5
I think I just put them on the ground so it wouldn't back feed. Make sure you put them in correctly. They only flow voltage one way. My wires were red, brown and white and I remember the colors not bring correct as I would think. I put the diodes on the red and it looks like those are mine grounds. The whites are the tail and the brown was the turn.
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Post by Pete on Nov 9, 2008 20:59:14 GMT -5
I did the LED's too, i just put an eletronic flasher relay in place of the factory one and it worked fine, did not need the diode.
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Post by cnotetj on Nov 11, 2008 22:53:35 GMT -5
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