repeaters

[paddyrob]

i have tried to change my side repeaters for white led ones,
they wont work at all,is there a different voltage for led????:blink:

 

[pgarner]

just out of interest did you check the polarity of the wires ?
LEDs only work one way round, hopefully if they are decent leds then they will have polarity protection.

as for the voltage being different yes big difference. LEDs normally run on between 2-4v for use in car motorbike applications theres norally an inbuilt resister to allow them to run on 10-14v

 

[paddyrob]

no i didnt,im a bit lost on car electrics to be honest
ive got a multimeter,help please cause ive got no indicators at all now
i need to let other car drivers know when im about to overtake em

 

[pgarner]

check the voltage with the multimeter your looking for a positive 12v ( or thereabouts batteries can be anything from 10.5 - 14v) the red lead on your multimeter points to the +ve lead.if you get a negative swap the leads over

try removing the leds and swapping the 2 wires over and test them again. with any luck you will have decent LEDs with the reverse polarity protection and they will work ok

 

[paddyrob]

thanks for the advice:bigsmile:
got them working ok now,
they even stayed in place at 120mph
thanks again

 

[2fast2catch]

they even stayed in place at 120mph

120 where the hell did you do that at lol

I always thought you had to have orange bulbs in side repeaters

What type of LEDs were they? Any pics of what they look like now?

 

[paddyrob]

the repeaters have orange led,s with a clear cover
i got them off ebay (aceparts) £10
i cant say where i did 120,it was all a big blur ))