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Old 10-28-2009, 08:53 AM
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I bought some new turn signal bulbs for the front of my car. I bought some led one they are 1157 and I got one the other has yet to come in. I put it in to see what it looks like and my indicator goes real fast on the side with the new bulb why is that.
 
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Old 10-28-2009, 09:40 AM
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Is the rear bulb on the same side still functioning?
 
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Old 10-28-2009, 09:57 AM
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It flashes fast because the LED draws far fewer watts than a bulb. Your flasher is designed to work with bulbs, so the LED looks like a burned-out bulb. Some LEDs can be equipped with a resistor to draw a comparable wattage like a bulb, so you might have to do that.
 
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Old 10-28-2009, 12:34 PM
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rear bulb works just flashes fast also. So I basicly can't use this bulbs without them flashing super fast. Can you recommend some bulbs that would be bright white.
 
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Old 10-29-2009, 12:45 PM
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The flasher circuit is a R-C setup, the different resistance causes the capacitor to load/unload faster.
I think the answer is to put a 330 [??] ohm resistor on the ground side of the led bulb
 
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