I've actually got mine tucked up with the wires. Turn the signals on and hold them, they don't get all that hot unless you're plannin on having your turn signal on forever.

-Adam

 

umm guys the resistor actually causes current flow to increase (resistance in parallel is recipricating) the smaller current requirement of the leds makes the flasher module blink faster.... dont belive me hook a headlamp bulb up in place of the blinker and the flash rate will decraese inversly with current flow.

 

So I wired it all up, no resistors, and I have a consistent flash rate with the bike both on and off, and I have LEDS replaced for all the lights on the bike (except headlights)

Im thinking that might change however when I install my HIDs and the DRL cutoff.

 

Ohm's law;

E=IR meaning Voltage = Current times resistance...sooo....more resistance, with same voltage,leaves us with less current. less current means slower blinkies! LED voltage is 0.7 volts, thats a constant, or needed to work..its just a ratio that has to be met thats all..

 

Resistors are polarity free, btw..if you have a series circut..then the current will be the same through all devices, resistors will drop voltage..all the devices in the circut will have the same current flow through them, and depending on the resistance of each device, will determine what voltage drop it will have..but all the voltages in the circut HAVE to equal the total voltage..so, say you have a 12 volt battery ( conveniently enough) and you connect a resistor in series ( so, a resistor with 1 of the leads on the positive and 1 on the negative, you will have a 12 volt drop across that resistor. if the resistor is say 220 ohms, then the current will be..( using Ohms law..of E=IR...) 12=Ix220 ....I = 12/220 54.5mA I = 54.5mA so the current flow of this particular circut is 54.5 mA
seris cct, is like a train...chooo chooo!! everything is connected after eachother..1 lead to the next.

parallel is where there's a split between 2 leads..or more than 1 path the current can flow..

A relay is just a switch that switches a switch..like the ignition in your car..current draw of a starter is more than an amp, and 500 mA will cause heart palpitations, so I think starters are what, 15-20 amps...so that ignition ( where you put your key in everyday...) is a relay.

 

Oh and in the series circuit, it doesn't matter where you put the resistor, before or after the light, its a series cct, it is instantaneously affected. were talking the movement of atoms here..

 

I already have to do enough physics in school, can you stop that before i pull out the #2 pencil and do all the math for this ****?


Thank you!

 

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