FastBarney
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| posted on 10/9/07 at 04:49 PM |
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indicators going to fast
hey
i put some new indicators in front of my car.
And they word with led's
And now my indicators going fast like there is a bulb broken.
I am thinking a puting a resistor is in row with the front indicators.
Anybody got a hunch or experience what resistor i got to use?
cheers melvin
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Agriv8
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| posted on 10/9/07 at 05:25 PM |
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bought a digital flasher relay for use with led lights.
bought from ebay
Regards
Agriv8
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RazMan
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| posted on 10/9/07 at 05:35 PM |
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Forget about the ballast resistors as they just produce heat - grab an electronic flasher from eBay.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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ChrisW
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| posted on 10/9/07 at 05:43 PM |
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Bodge way would be to wire in an extra bulb under the dash somewhere... 
For value, a bit of ohm law...
21w at 12v = 1.75A
12v / 1.75A = 7ohms
Remember, the resistors will need to be able to handle 21w. You'll need the wire wound, ceramic coated ones. Probably have to settle for 2 x
15ohm (>10watt handling) wired parallel to create 7.5 ohms.
Chris
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snapper
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| posted on 10/9/07 at 08:55 PM |
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Ripaults LED flasher relay 7103 from www.premierwiring.co.uk
9.99 11.24 inc postage
comes with wiring diagram, help line and two wires if you want to plug it straight in to your relay holder
[Edited on 10/9/07 by snapper]
[Edited on 10/9/07 by snapper]
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FastBarney
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| posted on 10/9/07 at 08:56 PM |
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thanks
just bought a electric flasher for led lights 
wil be the best way to fiks it
thanks for the replay
cheers melvin
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 13/10/07 at 05:26 PM |
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sorry to bring this one back to the top again but...
My indicators are going to fast.. I have normal 10w bulbs for front and sides but LEDs for the rear. the rears have the resistors wired in
parrallel though (resistors on a heatsink as supplied by SVC). i am also using a bright 6 module..
thought this would be ok but it seems not - should i just get a led type relay ?
cheers
Dave
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RazMan
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| posted on 13/10/07 at 06:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveFJ
I have normal 10w bulbs for front and sides but LEDs for the rear.
Normal indicator bulbs are 21W and repeaters are 5W. If you can't fit the 'proper' wattage bulbs then the only answer is an
electronic flasher but watch the loading as some will only support a few watts. I would fit LEDs anyway as the latest designs are very bright.
Cheers,
Raz
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 15/10/07 at 12:47 PM |
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21W bulbs fitted and all OK now!
It's always a 'simple' problem 
cheers
Dave
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