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LED taillight
Written by waynedoenges on 10/25/2010 at 11:38 am

I have LED brake and turn signal lights. I love them.
The brake lights flash 20 times a second for 2 seconds and than go solid.
I saved a full volt on my voltmeter with them.
I plan on replacing the licence plate and rear turn signal lights this winter.
If you want more info, along with pictures, e-mail me at rcwarthog1@...
(new e-mail addy)

Wayne Doenges
1997 PC900 (Warthog)

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "aek_alex" <aek_alex@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone used different bulbs for taillights?
>
> May some bright flashing ones.
>
> Any suggestions on brighter LED Bulbs?
>
> I want to be a little safer by doing this.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>

Message Thread for message #98175

aek_alex
10/25/2010, 01:38 am		LED taillight
Has anyone used different bulbs for taillights? May some bright flashing ones. Any suggestions on brighter LED Bulbs? I want to be a little safer by doing this. Thanks, Alex

    		douglasvanb
    10/25/2010, 02:11 am    		LED taillight
    I looked into LED bulbs for the tail lights and turn signals late last year. From what I saw then, I wasn't comfortable with using any of them as drop-in replacements on my PC. Various problems like fit, the way the light is delivered, etc,

      		csury
      10/25/2010, 02:48 am      		LED taillight
      I want to use LEDs where I can so as to maximize power available for battery charging and accessories. These 68-LED towers work well in the rear turn signals. h

    		goldwingman40
    10/25/2010, 04:18 am    		LED taillight
    Alex, I use #2357 bulbs in the tailights to be a little brighter and for the center light I went to the larger diameter bulb, I think it might be #905 but not sure and am not up in the shop, for higher output equal to the tailights. Fre

    		waynedoenges
    10/25/2010, 11:38 am    		LED taillight
    I have LED brake and turn signal lights. I love them. The brake lights flash 20 times a second for 2 seconds and than go solid. I saved a full volt on my voltmeter with them. I plan on replacing the licence plate and rear turn signal lights t

    		alfr4d
    10/25/2010, 09:03 pm    		LED taillight
    I have them for one season now and I am satisfied but would like to share on how. the picture is at http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5578/ledlampjes.jpg The color

      		douglasvanb
      10/25/2010, 09:14 pm      		LED taillight
      What did you do to make the turn signals flash at the proper rate? Anything special done so you don't burn out the self-canceling turn signal module? And here I was trying to save money this fall! :-) Cheers, Douglas ---

        		dl_page
        10/26/2010, 07:45 pm        		LED taillight
        For info, I bought a series of LED signal and running/break lights. Thank you Ebay Hong Kong... For the running lights, no problems (except a bulb I badly installed fell out of the holder and I spent 40 minutes and swearwords in 2 languag

          		wkaufmann2000
          10/26/2010, 07:58 pm          		LED taillight
          Am 26.10.2010 21:45, schrieb dl_page: > > The turn indicators were sold as "containing resistors to work with indicator relay", though in practice, my indicators work at about 120 flashes per minute (ok, still legal - barel

            		dl_page
            10/26/2010, 08:10 pm            		LED taillight
            Hum.... are you sure about that? If you have less load on the circuit (for example a blown bulb that is now open circuit), half the load=twice the flashing speed. Surely you want to increase the load to drop the speed down? Cheers, Dan

              		wkaufmann2000
              10/26/2010, 08:53 pm              		LED taillight
              Daniel, I am pretty sure ! Of course you want to increase the load, but you do this by lowering the total resistance (=parallel) so that more current can flow, not by increasing the total resistance (= in line). If you have

                		dl_page
                10/26/2010, 10:21 pm                		LED taillight
                Wolfgang, It's late and i'm getting confused, you are correct. I'm sorry :) Adding a resistor in series would work, but it would also drop the voltage to the LED and make the bulb less bright - not good for a safety feature! Th