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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 01:29 PM
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Electrical question for the guroos!

Changed out the oem turn signal lights in the front bumper with some led lights. My problem is that they now flash a lot faster! Looks like the led lights dont have as much resistance as the oem unit. My question is, can I put a resistor in the pos side of the led and if so, what size? And sorry about mispelling gooroo! Way to go american education! Or the lack of one!

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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 02:05 PM
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Try this thread... it explains everything you want to know... although it is a jeep site :0

http://www.wranglerforum.com/f5/modi...hts-22327.html
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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aaaaaa ha! Thanks! Will look for one of them flashers tomorrow. Thanks for the assistance!
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 02:43 PM
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I tried one of those flashers designed for LED's in my 91 after putting LED's in the front AND rear, and then it flashed WWWAAAAAYYYYYY slow, lol

I ended up using resisters


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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 04:38 PM
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hey superbleeder, what kind of resistors did u end up using? I have no idea what to go with
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 08:24 AM
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bump for resistor size
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 10:06 AM
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i know morotcycle led turnsignals generally use a 3 ohm resistor if that helps, so maybe 5 or 7 for bigger application
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by YGF
i know morotcycle led turnsignals generally use a 3 ohm resistor if that helps, so maybe 5 or 7 for bigger application
Thank you, will start with a 5 and see how it works.
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