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Posted: May 18, 2012 at 2:40 AM / IP Logged  
Then you have to invert one of them - probably with a relay - and probably the truck (especially if the flasher is load dependent).
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Posted: May 19, 2012 at 3:26 AM / IP Logged  
no, the flashers aren't load dependent... that just gets back to the worry about the durability of the relay with that many cycles... how would i use a transistor to invert it?
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Posted: May 19, 2012 at 10:42 PM / IP Logged  
Why worry about the relay cycles - isn't a life if 0.1 to 1 million enough?
Flasher cans use relays though some are thermo-electric types (for the timing). Only modern LED flashers are likely to use transistors etc.
But rethinking this, since you have 2 power sources - namely the strobe & the brake - both will have to be +ve switched and joined through diodes to LED +ve.
Note that if the strobes do use 2 +ve feeds & 2 gnd feeds for their flashing, that's a different solution - eg, the brake circuit causes all LEDs to connect wired to +12V & GND. I lost track of what devices you were going to use, and their specs.
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Posted: May 20, 2012 at 10:38 PM / IP Logged  
At this point, I've now emailed the manufacture asking if it is switched positive or switched ground, hopefully all will be simple and only need a few diodes... We shall see though!
Also, I've replaced the thermo-electric flasher with an led type, so monkeying around with that won't change anything...
Though I would personally be a little weary of cutting the stock wiring up to put the relay in there... I don't trust myself enough to do that...
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If you're talking about the strobe module, that's both...
But you shouldn't have to cut stock wiring, Things like this are usually add-ons.
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