Had a look at several sites re the above. Site selling these bulbs warns that in some cases, fitting these bulbs can fool the cars electrics into thinking that a bulb has blown, causing ( in the case of indicators ) the winkers to flash faster than they should. I fully understand the reason for this. The site makes reference to a remedy for this situation but does say what the said remedy might be. Can anyone please advise, preferably from first hand experience?
Thank you.
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It's a resistor to up the resistance to the same level as a filament bulb would be.
Thought good LED bulbs had them built in though...
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IMHO there's no point replacing indicator bulbs with LED ones when you get an audible warning of one failing anyway!
The solution is to put a 21W rated resistor at 7ohms in parallel with the new LED bulb. Alternatively put a 21W bulb in parallel with it but this sort of defeats the object.
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Mike Farrow
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one site sells a suitable relay to replace your existing one
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In 99% of cases the winker will wink fast, on some (certainly motorbikes) you can get new electronic flasher relays that work with LEDs.
Be wary though, in my experience, these LED cluster bulbs are rubbish, so bad, I threw mine away rather than face the indignation of selling something rubbish on ebay.
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Thanks to you all for the information/confirmation and to Ashok for the warning.
Input much appreciated.
Rgds.
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What sort are you getting I got these
www.superbrightleds.com/tail-brake-turn.html
Put them in on one side of the car, turned them on and stood back feeling I had wasted my money as I had to pay customs and excise duty and £15 admin fee to Parcel Force. {name edited by DD}
Ley look bright in the house but not on the car.
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Thanks for the concern Ashok. I had not planned to get any, I was just looking into the possibility/practicality of changing some of my bulbs for the LED type. I certainly would not pay to bring them in from overseas.
Thanks and Rgds.
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