LED light conversion

May 04, 2006 8 Replies

Hi folks, I just replaced all my tail/ parking and side marker lights with LED's on my fiberglass CJ. Now I need to find a light duty flasher for this set up. One guy told me I can bury a light bulb in the line so the resistance would be enough to activate the flasher. I thought the turn signal bulbs would be enough current draw but apparently not. Ideas anyone? Thanks


Might try J&P Cycles. They have a unit that will operate low amperage lamps for signals. I have used the units on custom motorcycle setups. Might also try an electronic flasher, as some of them will trigger on the signal rather than amperage.

I thought the electronic flasher didn't care how many bulbs it flashes. I know the prick still flashes just fine when I have a burned out signal bulb now. The last flasher had the good manners to stop flashing when a bulb was bad so I knew when I had bulb issues.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: N>

That's high tech assembly stuff there (to me anyway)! good links some of them! Thanks

.

The electronic flasher sounds like good advice.

I did find Badlands make a load ballast for digital and LED applications, but then the system would require a pulse generator (that runs off a separate AAA battery). so this could get more complicated than I thought. I thought someonebody would have figured out a plug-in for this by now? . Thanks for your help guys, Pup

See I was always trying a 552 and even a 532 standard flasher. I'll have to find an electronic one. I'm learning a lot doing this project!

You guys are great, I get a kick outta lots of stuff I see here when I pass by!

Pup

They are quiet too which is a pain in the sun in a CJ with the top off.... I have considered wiring in an LED above the steering wheel with a couple of diodes to let me know when my signal is on. I specifically bought the 'loud' flasher too! LOL! They put a clicker in some electronic ones....

Mike

Mudpuppy wrote:

perhaps youll benefit in some way from

formatting link

Join the Discussion

Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.

Didn't find your answer?

Ask the community — no account required