Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 17y 1m 16d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 27/06/10 05:24 PM Share Posted 27/06/10 05:24 PM I was thinking about getting some leds for my front blinkers, but think I read somewhere once that they wont flash as the flasher box needs some resistance from a globe to switch on and off?any feedback? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69052-led-indicators/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYT-SKY Member 155 Member For: 16y 6m 4d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 27/06/10 06:30 PM Share Posted 27/06/10 06:30 PM If you are going to do your blinkers, do all of them.And you will have to replace the stock flasher relay with and LED type flasher relay.Because LEDs draw low voltage your stock relay will think you have a blown bulb and make your blinkers flash very fast. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69052-led-indicators/#findComment-1019635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino1980 09JET Member 1,510 Member For: 16y 12d Gender: Male Location: E. Maitland Posted 28/06/10 12:03 AM Share Posted 28/06/10 12:03 AM Is it just one relay in the box where all the other relays are NYTSKY? I too would like to fit some LED blinkers but don't want to massacre the harnesses. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69052-led-indicators/#findComment-1019675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
seduced Need more power. Now taking donations. Member 753 Member For: 16y 4m 5d Gender: Male Posted 28/06/10 01:49 AM Share Posted 28/06/10 01:49 AM Just solder in a resistor on the indicator wires and the car will be none the wiser... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69052-led-indicators/#findComment-1019698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XF Falcon <put funny sh*t here> Member 3,365 Member For: 18y 7m 24d Gender: Male Location: Perth, NOR Posted 28/06/10 01:57 AM Share Posted 28/06/10 01:57 AM Don't most LED type globes come with built in resistors these days anyway? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69052-led-indicators/#findComment-1019701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastR1Red Member 360 Member For: 20y 2m Gender: Male Location: Mt Waverley Posted 28/06/10 12:22 PM Share Posted 28/06/10 12:22 PM Don't most LED type globes come with built in resistors these days anyway?As LED's are 1.2 to around 1.5v they have resistors to work with the 12v system. Depending on the amount of LEDs in the actual globe will determine the resistance value.Point 2. The resistance in the globe to make it work with the correct voltage does nothing for the flasher box. The flasher box timing is determined by the load across it ie current being used by all 4 globes independent of the voltage as it will always be 12v. As LEDs use far less current the load on the flasher box is much less, therefore it "sees" a globe out so will flash faster. There are 2 ways to fix it, 1. Buy an electronic flasher box designed for LED's,2. Use load resistors on the loom. - Not recommended as the load is quite high and transformed into heat. That's why your globes can get quite hot. LEDs don't. Some load resistors may not work as they have to be pretty accurate in value. The easiest by far is just buy an electronic flasher box for the LEDs. Easy as pie. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69052-led-indicators/#findComment-1019829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 17y 1m 16d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 28/06/10 12:28 PM Author Share Posted 28/06/10 12:28 PM cheers for that. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69052-led-indicators/#findComment-1019832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoontastic Donating Members 262 Member For: 19y 4m 29d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 09/08/10 11:53 AM Share Posted 09/08/10 11:53 AM The easiest by far is just buy an electronic flasher box for the LEDs. Easy as pie.So where does the flasher box live? When I turn the indicators on the ticking noise seems to come out from behind the dash, but when I look up from underneath I can't see anything that looks like a relay. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69052-led-indicators/#findComment-1031306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORSMBA ORSM Ford Cruisers! Donating Members 319 Member For: 20y 1m 2d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 09/08/10 08:20 PM Share Posted 09/08/10 08:20 PM B series cars do not have a flasher box, the indicators are controlled from a device inside the cluster, so at present there is no way of getting led indicators to work other than using a load resistor.Matt Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69052-led-indicators/#findComment-1031347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 17y 1m 16d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 09/08/10 11:46 PM Author Share Posted 09/08/10 11:46 PM could the led flasher box be put inline then? find which wires come from the cluster to the indicators and splice the box in?the cluster will think there are filament globes? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69052-led-indicators/#findComment-1031372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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