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 Post subject: LED taillights problem
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:43 pm 
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i've customised my taillights in my EB and i've added an extra bulb holder to each light so i can have 4 globes for my brakelights...basically i was tryin to figure out why 4 normal globes work, but 4 LED globes wont work properly. just the 2 LED globes work fine. with the 4 in wen the park lites are turned on they function as my brakelights and wen i brake there is no change?

just wondering if anyone has any idea why they would be doin this?

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Is your wiring right?

 

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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:02 pm 
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yeh it worked with the globes...but u rekon that the wiring for park n brake mite be crossed? makin the LEDs not function correctly...?

 

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Possible, LEDs need the polarity right, globes don't.

 

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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:46 pm 
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cause they are single contact fittings instead of doubles?

 

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mmm 2 led globs work but 4 do not...

maybe the resitance is too high accross the 4 globes?

 

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i'd go with concorde's suggestion

 

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mmm 2 led globs work but 4 do not...

maybe the resitance is too high accross the 4 globes?


but the resistance for LED's is way less than 4 normal globes, if 4 normal galobes work than 4 LED's will work definately.

I'd say that the globes only have single contacts on the base rather than dual contact.

 

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haha nah aint that bad...they the dual fillament LED globes...
i was thinkin more along the lines of what Frank sed...thort that the resistance mite be too high. but i guess its possible on the polarity as well

 

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yes the resitance for a single LED is
but for them to work on 12 volts there has to be a resitor in the globe or they blow!!!

hence my suggestion....

 

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