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Subject:Re: ?Brighter Turn Signals?
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Wed, 29 Jan 2003 00:31:31 +1300

>At 02:17 PM 1/27/2003, developtrust wrote:
>>work as a brake light as we tested them both ways. I don't think an led WILL
>>work for a turn signal.
>>
>>If anyone has accomplished an LED for a turn signal I'd like to know how you
>>did it.
>
>You have to add an additional load so that the flasher relay sees about the
>same current flowing that it would with regular bulbs.  Or change to a
>different control circuit.

You might fit an electronic flasher unit in place of the old
electromechanical one. One which isn't load-sensitive.
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Andrew Grebneff
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