LED Tail/Brake Light bulbs
03-20-2018, 07:17 AM
#1
LED Tail/Brake Light bulbs
I swapped all of the exterior light bulbs on my 06 SCREW over to LED and installed resistors at the corners. they all look good and are bright when driving, BUT the difference between "run" and 'brake" is barely noticeable. The few people I've talked to all say the same thing, "All LED run/brake lights are like that." Just wondering if anyone else has made the switch, had this problem and remedied it, or if someone has found a bulb that works well in both functions.
TIA
TIA
03-20-2018, 07:32 AM
#2
Moderator
Mine are very noticeable. Did you put resistors on the tail/break bulbs? You shouldn't need one there. Only on the turn signals.
03-20-2018, 07:51 AM
#3
It's been a month or so, and my memory isn't great, but I'm pretty sure there were 3 wires going to the tail light. I found the blinker (+) and ground w/ a test light and those are the wires I connected the resistor to. If I connected the resistor wrong, wouldn't I have hyper flash?
03-20-2018, 07:59 AM
#4
Super Moderator
No, dude. You don't need them on your brake lights at all.
You need them on your front blinkers to prevent hyperflash. With them on your brake lights what you're doing is telling the circuit controlling the brakes that "Hey, I have a bunch of juice right now, gimme a little more" and the resistor is keeping a bunch of that from entering the light itself and just blowing it out as heat.
Take them off and you will see a stark difference between "driving" and "braking" in terms of brightness.
You need them on your front blinkers to prevent hyperflash. With them on your brake lights what you're doing is telling the circuit controlling the brakes that "Hey, I have a bunch of juice right now, gimme a little more" and the resistor is keeping a bunch of that from entering the light itself and just blowing it out as heat.
Take them off and you will see a stark difference between "driving" and "braking" in terms of brightness.
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03-20-2018, 08:07 AM
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I just used the EP27 flasher and have no problems with hyperflash with no resistors.
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KCCO_SHADE (03-21-2018)
03-20-2018, 08:12 AM
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No, dude. You don't need them on your brake lights at all.
You need them on your front blinkers to prevent hyperflash. With them on your brake lights what you're doing is telling the circuit controlling the brakes that "Hey, I have a bunch of juice right now, gimme a little more" and the resistor is keeping a bunch of that from entering the light itself and just blowing it out as heat.
Take them off and you will see a stark difference between "driving" and "braking" in terms of brightness.
You need them on your front blinkers to prevent hyperflash. With them on your brake lights what you're doing is telling the circuit controlling the brakes that "Hey, I have a bunch of juice right now, gimme a little more" and the resistor is keeping a bunch of that from entering the light itself and just blowing it out as heat.
Take them off and you will see a stark difference between "driving" and "braking" in terms of brightness.
03-20-2018, 08:15 AM
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KCCO_SHADE, Take the resistors off and replace your flasher with a "LED" flasher . That way all the voltage gets to your bulbs. IMHO it does not make sense to save power consumption with LED's and waste it with resistors. I think the flasher for our trucks is a EL- 27 and its available at most parts houses for 10-15 bucks. I hope this helps.
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03-20-2018, 08:22 AM
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KCCO_SHADE, Take the resistors off and replace your flasher with a "LED" flasher . That way all the voltage gets to your bulbs. IMHO it does not make sense to save power consumption with LED's and waste it with resistors. I think the flasher for our trucks is a EL- 27 and its available at most parts houses for 10-15 bucks. I hope this helps.
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03-20-2018, 08:46 AM
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