Re: LED bulbs

Posted by JeromeSolberg On 2022/1/23 22:29:51

These guys sell 6V positive ground LED lights. I've tried them, they work (but note I've only tried them for turn signal and fog lights and a tiny 51 or 55, cannot remember offhand). They seem to be easy to deal with and shipping and stuff has been simple to deal with.

LED lights positive ground

They're brighter. For a red tailight, get the "red" one, for a white backing light or front fog light, get the 6000 degree K (hot white) not the 3000 degree K (warm).

Be aware that, since the resistance is different for these bulbs, your flasher may not work correctly since it relies on a certain amount of current flowing, and the LED lights use less current.
They sell a digital flasher that worked really well for me for 6 months, now it is acting up in a strange way, not sure about that yet, it could be something in my wiring as well, or I may have accidentally fried it when fooling around with something else. It has an extra pigtail that has to be connected to ground somehow. It still works, just keeps both indicator lights on, so when the turn signal indicator lights flash, it looks like the wrong side is flashing. But otherwise I really like it, since I didn't have to add an extra resistor with the corresponding fire hazard and extra wiring (see below).

6 V positive ground digital flasher

They also sell these things meant to mimic the amount of current flowing by putting a second resistor in parallel, I have talked to other folks and, well, as they say the resistor gets hot and can burn out (as well it shouldn't be in the vicinity of anything remotely flammable) But I haven't used them myself so cannot tell. They sell 6 ohm and 3 ohm variants.

Load Equalizer - 6 ohm