LED Blinker Question

[one4house]

This weekend I made the switch to LED's for blinkers and brake lights after switching up the headlights to LED. The difference is quite drastic.

My problem, like most other's that have made the switch, is hyper-blinking because of the low draw of the LEDs. Common solutions to the problem are LED load resistors wired in at each blinker assembly or a blinker relay MOD.

If I go the load resistor route, I do not have a power and ground wire to tap into to run the resistor parallel. What do I do with the negative side since the blinkers use the body as ground? Do I just body ground the other side of the resistor?

I don't think that a different blinker relay is an option because of the fact that a 66 square uses the messy old 7 pin flasher / emergency light relay. Can I steel the wires from this box and use a LED specific three prong flasher relay?

I would prefer to put the LED flasher relay in somehow, but wiring is not my strong point, and I do not know how to make it work. Anyone with experience in wiring, LED solutions or both care to step in and help?

https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/flashers-...ifications

http://kwikwire.com/switches/led-lighted/led-load-...oCfRLw_wcB
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[Dlglobal1]

Maybe Mr. Duncan from texasaircooled.com can answer this. I also just bought the full headlight kit and brake, blinker LEDs so curious about install procedure...
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[one4house]

This morning I woke up and decided to tinker with it. I went to the car and the blinker relay is ticking uncontrollably without the indicator stock being in either position. It is also making my fuel gage spastic and has taken away my oil and generator lights. They are dark.

This is all only 7 hours after working fine with the exception of the blinkers flashing way to fast when the stock was switched to left or right blinker. Nothing changed......well, I changed nothing. Something obviously changed.

Have I lost something elsewhere and it just now manifest itself with the light change? I checked ground wires and such. Weird that it went from working fine to not working at all with no help from me.
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My Old 66 Squareback
My Old 66 Beetle
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[eyetzr]

There is a 'no load ' flasher available from Ron Francis wiring. I think that there may be others as well. Check all of your ground connections, I think the flasher maybe triggering the rest of your system.
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I think he meant "rare", as in "not well-done"

[one4house]

[eyetzr]

Either way would work. The simple would be a 7 pin replacement part. Then in the event you need to replace, it would be unplug and replace.
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I think he meant "rare", as in "not well-done"

[Critter1]

LED flasher relay.

https://www.superbrightleds.com/search/led-products/led%20flasher%20relay/
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Justin

[one4house]

[one4house]

For future reference, all you have to do is splice the load resistor into the hot wire and body ground the other end. The resistance it adds slows the blinker. If you want it stock blinking rate, you will have to add a resistor to all 4 blinker housings.

This first video is with the running lights on and the flashers going. The flashers always blinked at the stock rate, even without the resistors.


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This second video is the drivers side blinkers without the running lights. They are faster than stock, but they work for me. If I want to show them down I'll add another resistor to each side.


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EDIT: Forgot to mention that the erratic blinker behavior that came out of the blue this morning was caused by a random wire breaking under the dash. It had nothing to do with the LEDs. Just bad luck and bad timing.
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My Old 64 Field Find
My Old 66 Squareback
My Old 66 Beetle
My Old 70 Squareback