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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 07:39 PM
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Do all LED taillights make the turn signal flash faster? Such as indicating a bad bulb? Do Recon lights not do this?
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 08:47 PM
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May have to add a load resistor to each light. The regular bulbs have more load. Than leds
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 08:50 PM
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i have ebay ones and they flash normal like my stocks did
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by gforceman
May have to add a load resistor to each light. The regular bulbs have more load. Than leds
That's what I've heard but im looking to avoid that
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i have ebay ones and they flash normal like my stocks did
I do too. But the left one has started flashing really really fast. I was told that cheap brand lights aren't "smart". Lights such as Recon draw less power but still send the right amount so it doesn't register as a bad bulb.
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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 06:29 AM
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Mine work fine, had them installed for 2 years now.
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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 08:30 AM
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Not sure about this truck, but on my Ranger I had to swap out the flasher for LEDs. It was located under the driver side dash. This takes care of the hyperflash. Napa part # EP27L. $20.
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