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springoflife
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Jul 10, 2015

LED Bulb Replacement for Taillamp - Possible Snag

I intend to replace the 1157 bulbs in the rear of my camper with LED's. The 1157's aren't very bright, especially in sunlight. And when turning, the delay for when the brighter filament actually ill...
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Vulcan_Rider
Explorer
Jul 10, 2015
Your signals blink so slow because you have a heavy duty flasher....probably.
A standard flasher, or an electronic one would probably "fix" that; electronic would be best.

Good LEDs that make MORE light than an incandescent are really expensive, especially in a dual element configuration.

Put "halogen 1157" into your favorite search engine.
That might be a better route to go for raw brightness.

And yes I think a red license plate light might be a problem.

Is your "camper" a TT or self-propelled ?

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