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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 03:29 PM
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anybody ever seen those yellow Led sequential turn signals? I tried hooking mine up but the sequence doesn't finish? The lights go from the edges of the arrow to the inside.......but when I hook them up they don't work properly. Is this a lack of voltage? Do I need something else to make it right? It says 12v on the box so, I figured they would work. Little help!
 
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 08:47 AM
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Unhappy anybody? these arent looking right when I hook them up

2x Led Indicator Yellow Car Turn Sign Arrow Light i25 - YouTube
 
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 01:16 PM
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Never seen anything like those before. What input wires do they have? Just a normal 2 wire (positive & ground) setup?

If so - connect them directly to a 12v battery just to see if they function at all.

My thinking here - is that you have a light that needs a constant 12v trigger to do it's built in sequence not one that is on a flasher relay.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 01:19 PM
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ok so I just watched the video - yes those lights are looking for a constant 12V trigger, not a on-off flashing one like the real turn signals in a normal vehicle.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by adrenalnjunky
ok so I just watched the video - yes those lights are looking for a constant 12V trigger, not a on-off flashing one like the real turn signals in a normal vehicle.
+1 reminds me of those lighted toggle switches, problably nothing like it though
 
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Old Oct 14, 2011 | 05:38 PM
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THey work when I hook them up to the brown cable and green cable. Except they just stay on that way........

Big question......can I wire them up to work correctly? Or no?

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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 04:27 PM
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Any thoughts?

They blink correctly....they almost look like I need to put a different relay in the line?? So they start but they don't finish the sequence......

Anybody?

Thanks for help!
 
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Old Dec 16, 2019 | 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by xp3085
Any thoughts?

They blink correctly....they almost look like I need to put a different relay in the line?? So they start but they don't finish the sequence......

Anybody?

Thanks for help!


Was this resolved ?
 
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Old Dec 16, 2019 | 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave Keeble
Was this resolved ?
Probably was, 8 years ago....
These members are long gone. If you are having a similar issue, feel free to start a new thread with details.
 
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Old Dec 16, 2019 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by 74demon
Probably was, 8 years ago....
These members are long gone. If you are having a similar issue, feel free to start a new thread with details.

Hey - not all of us :-) Just don't post, since this place turned into a ghost town.

And I'm pretty sure my advice from 8 yrs ago is still valid. It needs a constant triggered input, not a on-off-on that a flasher relay puts out.

If you tapped off of the trigger wire coming out of the turn signal switch, but before it gets to the flasher, you could run that 12v+ back to these and they would work as intended until you turned the turn signal switch off manually. If you don't have stock style turn signals at all, you could probably just pull the flasher relay and jumper across the contacts and then use the factory wiring.
 
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