Well,
My turn signal indicator light blew again. This time I want to do LEDs are there any plug and play ones? Or is there a whole lot of wiring involved. I'd like to do this so I'm not constantly taking apart my gauges to chang a 99 cent bulb!
I thought I saw a thread on this but can't find it!
Thanks,
Mary
From my own research on the boards, to go LED with the indicator light, you need a non polarized LED. The trouble is that no one seems to know where to buy one. I believe the size is #74. Though in a few threads, some people bought non polarized #194(gauge light bulbs) and modded them to fit.
Other solutions I saw were diodes and this and that, which confused me so I can't help there.
The easiest option board members have done is to remove the light altogether (I wouldnt personally because I like having everything functional, though in reality I usually dont forget to turn off my signals, and if I did, I never ever see the idiot light flashing at me)
http://superbrightleds.com/
they have the #74.. type 194
Quote from: efushi on April 11, 2009, 03:42:05 PM
From my own research on the boards, to go LED with the indicator light, you need a non polarized LED. The trouble is that no one seems to know where to buy one. I believe the size is #74. Though in a few threads, some people bought non polarized #194(gauge light bulbs) and modded them to fit.
Every LED is "polarized," so you unfortunately will not be able to find non-polarized LEDs. LEDs are Light Emitting Diodes and diodes are semiconductors that only allow current to flow in one direction. As Wikipedia says, "As in other diodes, current flows easily from the p-side, or anode, to the n-side, or cathode, but not in the reverse direction." However, all is not lost. Depending on your setup, you have a couple of options. One is to use a bicolor LED (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode#Application-specific_variations), another is to use separate, discrete LEDs (same idea as bicolor), and a third option is to use one LED, but wire a second ground. See Fix 3 & 4 here: http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=46823.msg525505 Note that the fixes I describe are to fix the problems with using LED indicators. If you have stock incandescent indicators, TheGoodGuy's suggestion should be fine.
Well, I already have LED turn signals all the way around. I have the load balancer installed, with the diode to make the indicator light functional. I like having an idiot light. I thought this may be an easy and fairly cheap upgrade. I'm quite dumb when it comes to electrical work. It took me forever to get all of my LED signals functioning correctly. I don't want migraine headaches over wiring again! LOL.
Mary