sndnga
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posted March 31, 2007 01:04 PM
Led turn signals Moteck and other undertails flash rate?
they sell resistors for $25 when selling the undertails to slow down the LED flash rate. Thats fukn crazy.
Is it just a resistor? or relay too? If its just a resistor can you just get a 5cent resistor from radio shack and put it in line to slow down the flash rate? Anyone else thought about this? done this? can answer this?
  
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ZXLNT
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posted April 01, 2007 03:08 AM
Check out the the thread on .org
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fish_antlers
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posted April 01, 2007 08:13 AM
I had this same issue with my 10R.. resistor value was posted up somewhere here, but I can't remember the thread....
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johnnycheese
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posted April 01, 2007 08:24 AM
1.99 HD 12volt flasher is cheaper and better.
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sndnga
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posted April 01, 2007 10:16 AM
explain the 12v flasher. how does it work? and would 1 work for both left and right sides? does a relay have to be connected for both sides?
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ZXLNT
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posted April 01, 2007 01:27 PM
No you use a single flasher just like stock. I think its a Tridon HD12 or HD10 flasher, I can't remember...
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sndnga
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posted April 01, 2007 03:39 PM
so the hd flasher replaces the stock one?
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sndnga
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posted April 01, 2007 03:40 PM
 Edited By: sndnga on 1 Apr 2007 16:40
seems that the resistor values are anywhere from 6-8 ohms and 20-50watts minimum.
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sndnga
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posted April 01, 2007 04:10 PM
after doing more searching it seams the flasher is the cleanest and cheapest install
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fish_antlers
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posted April 02, 2007 06:48 AM
thanks! 
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ridgeracer
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posted April 02, 2007 08:46 AM
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explain the 12v flasher.
The old style flashers have a bi metallic switch in them. When you pass current through the switch element it heats up. One side expands faster than the other and causes it to bend and snap open, thats the tick you hear. When it pops open the current flow is cut off and it cools down and snaps back closing the circuit and repeating the cycle. The more current that flows through the flasher the faster it heats up and the faster it flashes. This is why it flashes slower if one of your bulbs burn out.
The problem with LED bulbs is that they use so much less current than regular bulbs that the flasher element never warms up enough to snap open. The resistors are used to draw enough current through the flasher to make it flash.
The replacement Flashers are solid state electronic devices using a timer circuit and a transistor switch and/or built in relay and flash the same speed irregardless of how much current they switch.
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buck20
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posted April 30, 2007 12:35 AM
I replaced all my turn signals with LED I found the small resistors dont do the job just get the 25.00 flasher pull the bat. box and put it in, piece of cake!
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