Curing LED Turn Signal Conversion Problems
This apparently cures automotive manufacturer's morphidite flasher tantrums that go into Charles Manson mode when a person converts from incandescent to LED turn signals. http://ledguy.net/store/in...
Forum Discussion
I think vibration would be a far bigger culprit. Highway Patrolmen in California keep pretty good tabs on big rigs. There must be dozens of official roadside truck inspection sheds. If a big rig is missing lighting say for a turn signal, it is black-flagged. It has seen it's last inch of travel until the problem is fixed. BTW, dig out your meter and MEASURE voltage on tail lights on a big rig. Got news for ya, first of all The load-handler and Delco alternators have set points of 14.0 - 13.8 volts. Walk seventy feet to the rear of the trailer. You'll be fortunate to see 13.4. Been there, done that.
But I was not trying to infer there are NO LED failures. My point is LED lighting for SIGNALLING on an RV is a lot more reliable than incandescent. That's a WORLD APART from TAIL LIGHTS on big rigs. This is why they use MULTIPLE REDUNDANT lamps. If your rig rode like a KW pulling a Freuhoff, all the cabinets and roof air would be laying on the floor inside 100 miles.
FYI, my last moving violation - 24 December 1967, NO accidents except idiots that rear-ended me. Perhaps 700,000 miles driven, 200,000 of which in Mexico.
But pardon me for being a safety nut. Today I have to take time at the end of the day to change ANOTHER brake-light bulb in my toad. I got self conscious after posting my last comment here, so I checked this morning, and sure enough, this one lasted what, a year and four months? Dodge, computer module voltage regulation with a high and low voltage alarm. The alternator voltage at the stud averages 13.9 This is a purchased in the USA General Electric incandescent bulb like all the rest.
Yes I am going to replace these bulbs with CREE replacements. Not brighter, not dimmer, not mauve or chartreuse, red light with adequate SIDE MARKING LIGHTING like the other 73% of the cars on the road. Of course spending 15 dollars is a lot stupider than spending a few grand for an "at fault" accident -- god forbid any injuries.
But I was not trying to infer there are NO LED failures. My point is LED lighting for SIGNALLING on an RV is a lot more reliable than incandescent. That's a WORLD APART from TAIL LIGHTS on big rigs. This is why they use MULTIPLE REDUNDANT lamps. If your rig rode like a KW pulling a Freuhoff, all the cabinets and roof air would be laying on the floor inside 100 miles.
FYI, my last moving violation - 24 December 1967, NO accidents except idiots that rear-ended me. Perhaps 700,000 miles driven, 200,000 of which in Mexico.
But pardon me for being a safety nut. Today I have to take time at the end of the day to change ANOTHER brake-light bulb in my toad. I got self conscious after posting my last comment here, so I checked this morning, and sure enough, this one lasted what, a year and four months? Dodge, computer module voltage regulation with a high and low voltage alarm. The alternator voltage at the stud averages 13.9 This is a purchased in the USA General Electric incandescent bulb like all the rest.
Yes I am going to replace these bulbs with CREE replacements. Not brighter, not dimmer, not mauve or chartreuse, red light with adequate SIDE MARKING LIGHTING like the other 73% of the cars on the road. Of course spending 15 dollars is a lot stupider than spending a few grand for an "at fault" accident -- god forbid any injuries.
