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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 07:39 AM
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Ordered leds for my whole truck from superbrightleds and my map lights and bed light start blinking when the doors are open for more that 30 seconds.

Anybody else had this happen?
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Choupique
Ordered leds for my whole truck from superbrightleds and my map lights and bed light start blinking when the doors are open for more that 30 seconds.

Anybody else had this happen?
Year of truck?

Not normal. If it's a 2009+ could be SJB incompatibility. Try load resistors.

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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 07:52 AM
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Yea it's a 13. I thought maybe just bad leds but for $8 per bulb I expect them to work. I had way lower quality LEDs in my 06 and never had an issue.
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 07:56 AM
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Yea it's a 13. I thought maybe just bad leds but for $8 per bulb I expect them to work. I had way lower quality LEDs in my 06 and never had an issue.
$8/bulb are still cheap. There are better quality bulbs out there.

Yer 2006 did NOT have a microprocessor-controlled, FET-switching SJB.

Add load resistors; the SJB is expecting a higher load than you are providing.

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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 08:07 AM
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Not sure how to add load resistors the map and cargo bulbs. I have them on my turn signals to fix the hyper flash
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 08:16 AM
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Not sure how to add load resistors the map and cargo bulbs. I have them on my turn signals to fix the hyper flash
You need to pull the fixtures and place the resistors across the bulb socket(s).

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/com...tml#.VQ1hSfzF_

Or - try different bulbs:

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/led...l#.VQ1hdvzF_m5

^^^ "Can-bus: The XB LED bulbs are can-bus friendly and should not hyper flash or cause any "lamp out" errors in MOST applications. If however your vehicle requires more resistance, we recommend using the Morimoto HD Load Resistors"


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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 08:26 AM
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