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LED bulbs as side lights/stop light/flashers

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Well what is common to the Solar and RF fields are a Fresnel lens.Perhaps the led lights can also be formed into this pattern.


Fresnel lens captures more oblique light from a light source, thus allowing it to be visible over much greater distances.
 
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I little bit of a resurrection of a old thread but from what I see it's the closet I've found to my problem....

I've installed LED lamps front and back and all works fine with nice light and everything flashes however, when I turn the headlights / side lights on the flashers won't flash and everything just lights up.

I've tried various different electronic flasher units with no luck. If one end is normal incandescent bulbs and the other is LED it works fine or with all incandescent again is fine.

Any troubleshooting ideas.

Do I need resistors somewhere? I like Mert's idea as it looks simple and tidy.

If so any ideas where to get resistors in Europe or can I just get something off the shelf (I'd need to know the ohms and wattage)?
 
Swiss Toni said:
I little bit of a resurrection of a old thread but from what I see it's the closet I've found to my problem....

I've installed LED lamps front and back and all works fine with nice light and everything flashes however, when I turn the headlights / side lights on the flashers won't flash and everything just lights up. ...
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In reading reviews of some of these bulbs on Amazon, sometimes there is feedback through the marker (parking, or dimmer) light circuit. It can be fixed by installing a 1N5822 diode in each tail light assembly on the parking light wire.
 
I've tried various LED compatible relays.

How are you suppose to know if they are 0 load ones?

The diode idea is a new one. So you just wire it up in line on the tail light wire?
 
Yes I had to install diodes in a LED bulb conversion I did on a 65 Chevelle a few months ago. I was experiencing the same thing.
 
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