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LED turn signals

01 Mar 2015 18:06
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Hey guys! hope you all are having a nice Sunday. I had a quick question regarding LED turn signals. I have read that in order to run LED turn signals you have to put a resistor in line with the power wire of the light to work. And i have also read to just change the flasher unit to a electronic unit. i'm currently running a TRIDON 552 12v - 32CP. would really appreciate the advice. Thanks for your time gents!
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Re: LED turn signals

01 Mar 2015 19:22
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Electronic flasher is what you need. If you use a standard flasher, you have to put a resistor to ground (not in series) to supply extra loading current. That's a waste of heat and current.
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Re: LED turn signals

01 Mar 2015 19:33
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With that Tridon 552 flasher the LED bulbs should work fine. Ed
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Re: LED turn signals

01 Mar 2015 20:25
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Thanks for the advice guys. The resistors that I was looking at were the 6 ohm resistors. Would this be the one to use? Would you just wire the leds ground thought the resistor to the bike ground (yellow/black cable)?
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Re: LED turn signals

01 Mar 2015 20:28
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Also Ed, would you recommend changing both relays. It seems they are both tridon. Would an electronic flasher work better?
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Re: LED turn signals

01 Mar 2015 20:32 - 01 Mar 2015 20:33
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The Tridon 552 flasher IS an electronic relay; at least the one I have been using for the past 10 years is. You should be fine with what you already have. You should not need to change the relays or add a resistor. Ed
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Re: LED turn signals

01 Mar 2015 20:36
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I noticed that when I put in the led blinker the dash signal direction light is very dim. But when I tried the regular incandescent blinker it was right back to normal brightness.
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Re: LED turn signals

01 Mar 2015 20:54
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The relay with two orange/green wires is probably the hazard flasher relay

The relay with an orange wire and a brown wire is probably the turn signal relay.

As either relay controls the flashing of LED lights, both relays should be the electronic variety.

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Re: LED turn signals

02 Mar 2015 04:01
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Mark_Stark wrote: I noticed that when I put in the led blinker the dash signal direction light is very dim. But when I tried the regular incandescent blinker it was right back to normal brightness.

Is also this the case when you turn on the hazard lights with LED's in place? Ed
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Re: LED turn signals

02 Mar 2015 05:37
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When I switched to fully leds I had a few issues. The relays I had didn't seem to work correctly, even the ones supposed to be for LED's. Luckily I found a three pin one that worked if I ran the extra cable to earth.
This is the one that worked for me
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Re: LED turn signals

02 Mar 2015 10:34
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I'll check that when I get home Ed. Thanks for the advice Gordy.
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Re: LED turn signals

02 Mar 2015 16:57 - 02 Mar 2015 17:00
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Update time. I got a new electronic relay. The left rear led turn signal works but the right rear signal stays on. I'm at a loss the problem also exists on the front end as well. Left sig works but right stays in. Bad ground?
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