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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 12:13 AM
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Question Electrical blinker Led Vs. Conventional bulb

Ok member, I've just went with led blinkers, taken out my old conventional bulb, now the blinker blinks a lot faster? I heard that you must add a resistor? Does anyone familiar with this? How many ohm of resisitor?
 
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 12:33 AM
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yes you will need a resistor I believe it needs to be 6 ohms? could be wrong.

honestly the faster blinking seems to be more attention getting than a slow blink. so I would consider just running a fast blinking turn signal
 
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 02:12 AM
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Yeah the faster blinking is because the leds use less wattage and the relay thinks there is a bulb out. You can ether add wattage resistors or replace the relay that is led ready.
I personally changed out my relay.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...rake-turn.html
 

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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 02:44 AM
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Go with the new relay. You seem more like the kinda guy who wants to do it right.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by CJardine
Go with the new relay. You seem more like the kinda guy who wants to do it right.
Amen..$12 plug and play
 
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 07:45 AM
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I installed a SuperbrightLED relay in mine. For $9 it was fairly easy. Scroll down the page to the motorcycle applications. I have the LF1-S-FLAT. It fit my OEM connector perfectly.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 10:07 AM
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Thanks for all feed back...problem is my front blinkers is still using the old bulb. My taillight, I replace with LED + intergrated signal....believe the relay is for both front an back? Does this mean I need to go with led blinkers too for the front?
 
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 10:18 AM
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no... I have LED flushmounts (HotBodies) in front and stock signals in the back.. no issues.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by estate4life
Thanks for all feed back...problem is my front blinkers is still using the old bulb.
With the SuperbrightLED relay you can have a combination of both regular bulbs and LED. I have LEDs for the rear signals and regular bulbs on the front and they all blink just fine.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 11:51 AM
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Nice...it's for my 94' cbr900 ....I'll go with the relay ...



Originally Posted by RoadiJeff
With the SuperbrightLED relay you can have a combination of both regular bulbs and LED. I have LEDs for the rear signals and regular bulbs on the front and they all blink just fine.
 
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