Hyperflashing Even with Resistors
10-20-2013, 11:39 AM
#11
Yeah. I cut the connectors from the old blinker there were two positives and a negative. One going to the relay, the other for the parking light. I ran the blinker positive to the resistor, and then the bulb, and connected the negatives. It wasn't the cleanest wiring, but I definitely checked everything to make sure it wasn't going to shake loose going down the road and it hasn't, they always turn on but almost always blink. Sometimes they work just fine.
10-21-2013, 10:09 AM
#13
Really appreciate the help Fox. I'm going to be headed to Houston in a couple of days where I can work in my family's shop so I'll do it then so I don't have to take my bumper off in my apartment's parking lot and have every swinging dick asking me "what's the problem".
Just to clarify, are you sure that 05-09's have these units? I've been doing a bit of Googling and searching under the dash and can't seem to find where it is.
Just to clarify, are you sure that 05-09's have these units? I've been doing a bit of Googling and searching under the dash and can't seem to find where it is.
10-21-2013, 11:05 AM
#14
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Yeah. I cut the connectors from the old blinker there were two positives and a negative. One going to the relay, the other for the parking light. I ran the blinker positive to the resistor, and then the bulb, and connected the negatives. It wasn't the cleanest wiring, but I definitely checked everything to make sure it wasn't going to shake loose going down the road and it hasn't, they always turn on but almost always blink. Sometimes they work just fine.
Last edited by vixr; 10-21-2013 at 12:03 PM.
10-21-2013, 11:42 AM
#15
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apparently, the hyperflash is caused by the relay not seeing the full 2 amp load from an incandescent bulb and the hyperflash is to let you know the incandescent bulb is burned out. Replacing the relay as suggested by fox will work because the new relay is not set up for 2 amps, just a dozen milliamps or so needed to drive the LEDs to a good brightness. Or, since you already have them, try the load resistor trick... the resistor going from the turn signal wire to ground, like the drawing shows, just lets the relay see a full 2 amp load... the resistor will get very hot while the turn signal is blinking. If you decide to try the new relay, as fox said, dont use the resistor..
Last edited by vixr; 10-21-2013 at 03:08 PM.
10-21-2013, 03:53 PM
#16
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10-26-2013, 10:58 AM
#19
Problem solved, I spliced the resistors in correctly this time, positive and negative. I took out my headlight so I had enough room to drill and mounted them under the headlight on the subframe and held them up with 1/8 inch pop rivets, pretty stealthy install. Thanks for the help guys.