Ok,many have installed LED blinkers + electronic flasher(not load dependable!) and had to deal with low light output or inconsistent blinking.
I had both of these. LEDs don't require a lot of current but they need enough voltage to power them correctly. Turns out
that with all the lights on,there's too many voltage drops along the orange wire up to the flasher relay. Not all of them light up or
they're weak in output. Some tried to place resistors in parallel to drop the voltage on the LEDs but here's a simple fix:
don't connect the new electronic flasher to the orange wire at all,connect it directly to the battery (+) the other prong connect to
light blue wire and that's it! LEDs now get the full voltage of the battery :thumb:
No need in load equalizers and resistors ,only mod the indicator lamp with diodes or just pull it out.
I have a 3 prong flasher but it works the same:
(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc280/Affschnozel/GS_LED_flashercopy.jpg)
In the picture above the orange wire is not connected to the relay , the relay connects directly to battery (+)
in my case,the 3 prong relay connects to battery's (-) as well
Blink:
(http://gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/13266/normal_LedBlinker.jpg)
Quote from: Affschnozel on February 15, 2010, 04:47:02 AM
Turns out that with all the lights on,there's too many voltage drops along the orange wire up to the flasher relay.
If the voltage drops too much along the way, you have some bad connections. If I counted right, there are 5 connections. One that may difficult to repair would be the one internal to the ignition switch.
Would be great if someone checked their voltage across the relay to compare ,
with regular bulbs everything is fine they draw current as much as needed,
LEDs need stable voltage to work,with milliamps of current making them very sensitive.
Anyway this method works around various LED issues with excellent results.