RE: D.I.Y. LED Peg signals
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RE: D.I.Y. LED Peg signals - 9/6/2006 4:57:05 PM
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FastCRX
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whats the correct polarity
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RE: D.I.Y. LED Peg signals - 9/6/2006 5:59:28 PM
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maxxheadroom
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The longer lead on the lED is +, the short lead is -
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RE: D.I.Y. LED Peg signals - 9/6/2006 7:28:09 PM
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unrealtrip
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The longer lead on the lED is +, the short lead is -
Yeah what he said, also if you get one that does not have different length legs, it will likely have a flat spot around the base on one side. That is the Cathode side, ie. "-"
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RE: D.I.Y. LED Peg signals - 9/7/2006 1:53:05 AM
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looks great! besides the resistors that came with the led kit, did you have to wire in something else since you used them for blinkers? i mean your going from a standard bulb to an led. dont the turn signals flash very fast?
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RE: D.I.Y. LED Peg signals - 9/7/2006 11:04:46 AM
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unrealtrip
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ORIGINAL: jzcbr600
looks great! besides the resistors that came with the led kit, did you have to wire in something else since you used them for blinkers? i mean your going from a standard bulb to an led. dont the turn signals flash very fast?
I'm sure likitysplit will reply, but also in general LEDs draw less power than incandescent bulbs. If they are blinking faster than you'd like, all you have to do is add more resistance to bring down the current.
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RE: D.I.Y. LED Peg signals - 9/7/2006 12:51:48 PM
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doggy69
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Couldnt you add resistors in order make the leds go in sequence kinda like the light bar on cop cars pointing in a direction?
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RE: D.I.Y. LED Peg signals - 9/7/2006 2:18:03 PM
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unrealtrip
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Couldnt you add resistors in order make the leds go in sequence kinda like the light bar on cop cars pointing in a direction?
Not exactly, but you could use a simple 555 timer to control them. With a little work, you could have them blink, but each blink would fire them in sequence from inside to outside for example.
That's a great idea actually I'm going to steal it from you :) The catch is you'll likely need to use larger more powerful LED's since only one will fire at a time, persistance of vision will help, but probably not enough. In that case you'll want to figure out how to cram some mega bright LEDs in there with a cluster of chips.
All LED's are not created equal. A single chip led has a very direct beam of light, think maglight focused spot whereas multichip 6 (160deg), 7(45deg) etc have a wider viewing angle. Of course, this also means that in direct light the single chip will be pretty clearly illuminated, whereas a 6 chip or lensed cluster might not be.
So what this means is... be careful of the LED's you find on ebay and such bragging about huge MCD (milicandella) ratings (sortof like candlepower ratings but not quite) because they are largely directional. What that means is that if someone is directly behind you, they're bright as hell. A little to the side and they won't see sh!t. :)
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RE: D.I.Y. LED Peg signals - 9/9/2006 7:10:17 PM
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FastCRX
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i cant seem to find anywhere with amber/yellow leds wired or not. can anyone help me out here?
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