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Rocker LED front turn signal troubles.

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Old 11-13-2008, 09:01 AM
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Question Rocker LED front turn signal troubles.

Can someone help please.
I have just put a relocation kit on the front of my rocker to fit LED's. I have a problem with the left signal not getting enough power. I have put the voltage regulator on and it has made no difference. When I go back to the original turn signals the left signal flashed fast just before it turns off. Most of the time it turns off but there has been a few times it contiunes to flash fast.
I just put a new different LED on the left and it is doing the same thing.

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You need a load equalizer.
 
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I have the load equalizer and have tried it with the ground and positive hooked up both possible ways. Still no joy. I am not sure what the flasher unit setup is but I might havea problem back there. Need to do some more checks with the multimeter.
 
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Originally Posted by FL DEUCE
You need a load equalizer.

I agree... when I installed mine they would flash real slow... then fast... then turn off... my Alarm light would turn on and not tun off....I installed a Custom Dynamics Load Equalizer (plug & play) and it corrected all of my issues....

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You have a faulty load equalizer, try a different one. It should solve the problem
 
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I will try another load equalizer. It is still a bit strange that it only happens on the left turn signal.
Thank you for the replies
 
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I have hooked up another turn signal and the same thing has happened. The LED flashes a few times and as it does it gets more and more dull. This is only hapening on the left side, when I connect the right unit up to the left it works just fine. When the LED from the left side is hooked up the the right it is still very dull and fades after a few flashes.
Weird
 
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Originally Posted by Tengy
I have hooked up another turn signal and the same thing has happened. The LED flashes a few times and as it does it gets more and more dull. This is only hapening on the left side, when I connect the right unit up to the left it works just fine. When the LED from the left side is hooked up the the right it is still very dull and fades after a few flashes.
Weird
this is getting a little confusing... so instead of calling them left and right lets call them A and B...

when A is hooked up to the left side it does not work properly... when B is hooked up to the right side it works perfectly....

now we switch.... B is now hooked up to the left side and works perfectly... then A is hooked to the right side and does not work....

the A led light is bad.....

unless i am more confused then i think i am
 
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Cheescake: U R spot on, which is Y I was confused.

But I think I am onto it now. The new LED's are 3 Volt and the system is 12 Volt and I have been blowing the LED's. I have a load equaliser in the system but not a Voltage regulator.

A simple resistor would have solved the problem, but why the other LED hasn't blown yet has got me, unless it is 12Volt.

Need to findout the voltage of the back before I change them out.
 
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Good luck....
 
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