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blinker, switching to LED caused super-fast blinking?

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Old 12-18-2012, 08:19 AM
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Default blinker, switching to LED caused super-fast blinking?

So i bought some LED bulbs for my taillights, installed them and now both the front and rear blinkers blink abnormally fast. The emergency lights blink normally.. What the flip bro? I saw a newer Cadillacs lights doing the sane thing
 
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Old 12-19-2012, 08:29 AM
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LEDs have significantly less resistance than standard incandesent bulbs. Less resistance = faster blinky.
You can buy LED bulbs with integrated resistors or put an appropriate resistor in series in the circuit.
 
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Old 12-20-2012, 11:42 AM
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Got it, and found the resistors, thanks a lot
 
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Old 12-24-2012, 08:33 AM
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Just adding my $0.02 here. I did the LED signal conversion on mine. There is a special flasher relay you can buy online to replace your stock one so you won't have to add inline resistors for every bulb.
 
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Buy the LED specific relay, the resistors get hot enough to melt plastic.
 
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