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JT4104
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 9:26 am: | |
I switched the front and rear turn signals on my 4104 to LED. Now the right side intermittently will not work, although it will always work when I have to tow lights plugged in. This suggests to me that the LED's aren't pulling enough load on the relay. Could I put a resistor in the circuit to put a load on the relay to help it work? if so, what size? Other thoughts?
Thanks as always!
JT4104 |
John MC9
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 9:50 am: | |
A "heavy duty" flasher doesn't rely on the amount of load. I'd try one first.. |
Gary Stadler (Boogiethecat)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 10:56 am: | |
JT, try a 30 ohm 5 watt, if that's not enough try a 15 ohm 10 watt |
Craig (Ceieio)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 12:38 pm: | |
JT - also, wire the resistor in parallel with the lights, rather than in series, so you don't effect the brightness.
Craig - MC7 Oregon |
Stan
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 3:28 pm: | |
JT4104: You are correct in your theory. This a current relay that is there to tell you when you have a lamp not working. It may be possible to reduce the spring tension on the relay armature to where it will work reliably. That is how it was adjusted originally and will work when changing between 24 and 12 volt lamps. It is possible that the led current may be too low to work. In that case you could replace the relay with a lower current rating or use resistors to create an artificial load. If you use resistors, it will no longer warn you of a lamp not working. |
Richard Bowyer (Drivingmisslazy)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 4:05 pm: | |
There are flashers manufactured that flash at a constant rate regardless of load. Just buy one of these. I used to have one that was driven by a miniature DC motor. I do not know if this technology is still available, but I am certain it is also being done electronically.
Richard |
jt4104
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 11:42 pm: | |
Thanks the resistor took care of it. No decrease in brightness. |