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rage237

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Posted: August 06, 2003 at 1:21 PM / IP Logged

i have swaped out the stanted brake/parking/turn light in the rear of my 1991 honda accord with LED lights. i also did the corner(i have the JDM light housing) and in the front bumper

now my question is how do i slow my blinker down

stock is *---*---*---*---*---*---*---*

mine now are *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

i cant stand it and it looks like crap

i have come to the cponclusion that the resistance differenc in the system now is whats causing the problem

but i would like to know is the correct way to fix this

i could add a 6ohm 30watt resister at each light but i dont like the idea of the heat that would casue..

i do not know how the turn signal relay is set up or if i could open it up and swap a resister or somthing inside that to correct the difference.. so i would like any input i can get..i have not swaped the fronts yet but plan to as soon as i get the bulbs in the mail...will makeing all the bulbs LED fix it or will it just blink faster??

please help

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Posted: August 06, 2003 at 1:53 PM / IP Logged

your idea about adding reistors is just about the only thing , it should not get that hot. cuase the pulses after the flasher are not long enough try it i think it will be your only way to solve problem

whats happening is the flasher is not seeing enough ground. and with the leds lights its only really getting ground feedback through the light but with light bulbs actually have that wire in them that goes from negative to positive so it is actually connected to ground so there for it flashes. or makes the flasher flash. so do that resistor thing on the negative side of light if that does not work your going to have to put a ground wire with resistor connected to each factory flasher most likely found in the fuse box or near.

the other thing youc an try is to take the resistor and tap it to ground and to the positive wire that controls the turn signal that way the flasher will see ground. but just measure the resistance in the original light bulb and get a resistor that matches.

this info is as is take it on your self to try it. worse case senario is you blow a fuse.

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rage237

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Posted: August 06, 2003 at 1:57 PM / IP Logged

from one of the many fourms i am part of i was told to install the resister accross the +and- side of each light

therfor bypassing the light in a way

in laymenas tearms wiring the resister and LED light in parralell

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Posted: August 06, 2003 at 4:11 PM / IP Logged

You could tear the flasher relay apart and put a bigger resistor in it.

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rage237

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Posted: August 06, 2003 at 4:14 PM / IP Logged

what size would i need?

i am not good with this info

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Posted: September 05, 2003 at 7:12 PM / IP Logged

you can also just replace that flasher with one made for a car that pulls trailers, it is timed internally and is not dependent on the load of the lightbulb to determanin the flash rate. you can pick them up at the local parts store and are only a buck or two more expensive than a standard flasher

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