Date:         Tue, 28 Jan 2003 16:47:46 -0700
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Subject:      LED Turn Signals
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Volks,

Very interested in this thread Sir William of San Diego started.

I have a full set of nice LED bulbs (Back Up, Reverse, Running Lights &
Turn Signals)

Of course everything works except the turn signals.

Has anyone successfully come up with a solution to the load problem?


Hitting the Trail Soon ... OR IS HE!

Larry Chase

Email: lchase@attglobal.net
Web: www.roadhaus.com - Under Construction
What: The Great North American Road Trip
When:  Early 2003
How: RoadHaus - 1990 VW Westfalia Syncro
Today: Los Osos, CA / Go Westy
From: Mesa,  AZ

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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 00:31:31 +1300
From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: ?Brighter Turn Signals?
>At 02:17 PM 1/27/2003, developtrust wrote:
>>work as a brake light as we tested them both ways. I don't think an
>>led WILL work for a turn signal.
>>
>>If anyone has accomplished an LED for a turn signal I'd like to know
>>how you did it.
>
>You have to add an additional load so that the flasher relay sees about

>the same current flowing that it would with regular bulbs. Or change
>to a different control circuit.
You might fit an electronic flasher unit in place of the old
electromechanical one. One which isn't load-sensitive.
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Andrew Grebneff
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