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Old Apr 17, 2015 | 11:40 AM
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If my tail light was "pulsing" in time with the engine, I'd figure I had a loose wire.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 05:16 AM
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Do you have a load equalizer installed as your LED turn signals will not operate properly without it.
Pulsating lights is an indication that you don't have a load equalizer.
LED tail light does not require a load equalizer just turn signals require a load equalizer
 
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 06:03 AM
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Sorry guys, televisions cycle at sixty cycles a second, if you record a TV the cycle will be off that is what causes the funny waves.
In order to get this affect you need something that is cycling and catch it while off.
Video cycles at a much higher rate plus LEDs are DC so they do not cycle period.
If you see them flashing it is because they have a flashing module.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 08:30 AM
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Maybe set to one of the parade mode settings???
 
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by onecoolpilot
If you're talking about a constant pulsating, not just when the brakes are applied, it's a result of the leds and the video camera.

They're not really doing that, they just appear to.
Or a short
 
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by FUBAR55
Or a short
A short would not cause this, a short would blow a fuse. An intermintant open circut could cause this but I doubt it.
 
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