LED Parking lights/Turn signals with one plug-in

Dunno why nobody wants to listen to ways to fix LED problems. I give..

Richard

someotherguy said:

Dunno why nobody wants to listen to ways to fix LED problems. I give..

Richard

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I would but the thing is the info on your hack has to deal with a different model relay. Plus, hyper-flash isn't my issue right now. As I stated in the posts before my lights came with one plug and one resistor pack. When I have the turn signal bulb in the socket and the LED light plugged in the other socket I have no hyper-flash. It's only when just the LED light(because of the one plug) is plugged in then I get hyper-flash. So either I figure out a way to put resistance on the empty socket or figure out how to cancel that line somewhere else.

I'd see about returning those lights if you can and getting some different ones
No sense in hacking up the vehicle in order to make something that isn't right work.

ima93chevyguy said:

I'd see about returning those lights if you can and getting some different ones
No sense in hacking up the vehicle in order to make something that isn't right work.

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I would but I haven't even gotten a response from the seller on this matter. Plus, it wouldn't really be hacking up anything. I would just make something to mimic the bulb in the other socket. Since having a load makes it work correctly I figure that would be my best route.

ArmourofGodEphVIXI said:

I would but the thing is the info on your hack has to deal with a different model relay. Plus, hyper-flash isn't my issue right now. As I stated in the posts before my lights came with one plug and one resistor pack. When I have the turn signal bulb in the socket and the LED light plugged in the other socket I have no hyper-flash. It's only when just the LED light(because of the one plug) is plugged in then I get hyper-flash. So either I figure out a way to put resistance on the empty socket or figure out how to cancel that line somewhere else.

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That same timer IC is in a wide variety of electronic flasher units, even the dual-style in GMT800 trucks. All it takes to find out is popping the cover off the unit.

Richard

I have the same LED signal lights with the same fast flash issue. I helped a buddy that had this issue on a sprinter Van. In one of their forums they recommended THIS. It's a different spec load resistor. It's crazy how massive the load resistor is for the Chevy LED set in contrast to the fix for the Sprinter. I might add this resistor in parallel to see what happens before I replace the original which I believe was incorrectly engineered in the first place. My truck isn't a daily driver so it's lower on the priority list. Please report back if you have success.

tomb said:

I have the same LED signal lights with the same fast flash issue. I helped a buddy that had this issue on a sprinter Van. In one of their forums they recommended THIS. It's a different spec load resistor. It's crazy how massive the load resistor is for the Chevy LED set in contrast to the fix for the Sprinter. I might add this resistor in parallel to see what happens before I replace the original which I believe was incorrectly engineered in the first place. My truck isn't a daily driver so it's lower on the priority list. Please report back if you have success.

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That's the same 6ohm/50watt most people would use. No need to pay Sylvania's crazy inflated $15/pr price for them! You can score them for typically $5-$7/pr same specs and design from many other sources.

It's the same value I used to fix the cruise failure in my '06 SS when I installed LED's in the 3rd brake light (common issue when doing LED's in GMT800's.) I've also got LED's in the signals front/rear but no resistors otherwise because I've got the special Novita flasher for this application. Hacking the OEM one as I described works in this case, too, even though it's nothing even close to the flasher design you'd find in any GMT400, but it still relies on the same timer IC.

...and the same value I used on my '06 300 SRT8 when I did LED signals front/rear. That application only requires one resistor per side, and I installed 'em up front, no need to install them in the rear. Can't do a special flasher or flasher hack on the 300 because the flash rate is controlled by the FCM (front control module.)

I'm no LED wizard by any means but I have done a LOT of LED installs on a few different vehicles.

Richard

Is it legal to install coloured LED's to light up a licence plate?

Neon Nights said:

Is it legal to install coloured LED's to light up a licence plate?

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Check with your local laws, every state/country will be different.

someotherguy said:

Or, manufacturing defect - other plug left off in error, or it's jammed in there during assembly? Dunno.

I wouldn't throw a bulb in the empty socket just to create a dummy load, nor would I install a resistor. I'd hack the stock flasher and be done with it.

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Richard

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Do you by chance have the p/n of the IC chip? Also, what kind of nano electronics tools do i need to cut that pin? haha