They make LED lights with resisters to compensate for this. A relay won't
help.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Larry Alofs
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 10:52 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Led Brake lamps and audiovox cruise control

How is the cruise control connected to the brake light circuit?

Larry A.

On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 7:43 PM, WILLIAM WITZ <pbwitz@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Hi all, I installed Led brake lamps on my van I really like the way
> they light up the rear, folks can see that your Brake lights are
> indeed on even in the day time if they are awake. My only problem with
> them is that now my cruise control will not work, is this because the
> control unit is not seeing the ground on the brake lamps?  Is it not
> seeing the ground because they draw so little power? If I install a
> relay up in the front and wire it to the ground will this solve the
> problem?  This seems to be the summer of my Westy discontent I am all
> so do for a transmission rebuild and my audio project is not resolved
> . Looking forward to some camping in September on the coast of
> California and Oregon when all of this is repaired. Thanks for your input.
> Bill Witz 84 Westy Tiico
>