2007 FORD F-150
88,000 MILES
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Changed rear tail light lamps to LED type. Blinker flashes extreamly fast (just as a lamp was out). Everthing flases as required. Anything to slow it down? Do they even put flasher relays on cars any more? And where are they located on my truck?
Feb 10, 2013 at 2:54 AM
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Electronic flashers are the expensive answer to a problem that never existed. Your new lights don't draw enough current to be detected by the flasher. You can add in a resistor across each bulb to increase the amount of current flow. As a guess, and a starting point, a typical brake light bulb draws an amp of current, so using Ohm' Law, that means it has about 12 ohms of resistance. Your new bulbs have WAY more than that. I'd start with about a 15 to 20 ohm resistor. Doing the math again, that would need to be about a 15 watt resistor. You can find something close in old tvs. You can also splice in additional sockets to put inside the trunk, then just use the original bulbs.
Feb 10, 2013 at 3:35 AM