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Old 04-26-08, 09:39 AM
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L.E.D eletrical short??? Need help on diagnosis ~

Installed all exterior bulbs with L.E.D's figuring it would lessen the electrical load on the car/ thus reducing idle. Anyways all of them work except the two rear sidemarkers and one plate light. Also my blinker is on CRACKKK now. Literally it's faster then a JDM winker tune. Any idea's?

Btw ~ I bought resistors but I'm not sure if I should use them...

Reverse lights work awesome if any has a tough time seeing thse are teh ****. I will post pictures later.
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this may sound crazy , I had the same problem and just took out the bulb and turned it ,then re-connected. no clue why this worked but some just have to be in only one way.
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LED bulbs only illuminate when the flow of electricity is positive to positive and negative to negative.

Flip the bulb around and enjoy your great success!

High five!
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your blinker is going to be accellerated if you replace the original bulbs with LEDs due to less resistance in the circuit. try your resistors in those lines and see if it helps
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Originally Posted by toyzzzz
this may sound crazy , I had the same problem and just took out the bulb and turned it ,then re-connected. no clue why this worked but some just have to be in only one way.
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LED bulbs only illuminate when the flow of electricity is positive to positive and negative to negative.

Flip the bulb around and enjoy your great success!

High five!
Yeah LEDs are polarized, therefore they only work in one configuration. If you look closely at an actual LED, the base has one flat side and the rest is round. The flat side marks the negative (-) end.



You can wire in those resistors in order to fix the blink rate or purchase these...

http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481
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It's alright I got all of them to work great. I don't mind my blinker speed and to be honest I like it. I retrofitted to 1157 high power LED's into the parking/cruising lights in the front kouki's and I have to say it looks amazing. It only took 2 25 watt resistors and 2 of these bulbs.

Btw ~ I always use superbrightLEDs.com they are teh ****.

I replaced the following ~

1993 MAZDA RX-7

High & low beam headlamp
H.I.D Retrofitted

Parking light
7443-xHP3 LED bulb ~ White
RL-2525 Marker Lamp Load Resistor x2

Front turn signal
1156-xLX3 Luxeon LED bulb ~ Amber

Rear turn signal
1156-PCB-Axx Amber LED Lamp +36 upgrade

Tail light
1156-PCB-R36 Red LED lamp x4

High mount stop light
Still deciding

License plate
WLED-x5 LED Wide Angle LED bulb ~ white

Back up light
1156-xLX3 Luxeon LED bulb ~ White

Front sidemarker
WLED-x5 LED Wide Angle LED bulb ~ Amber

Rear sidemarker
WLED-x5 LED Wide Angle LED bulb ~ RED

Glove box
WLED-x5 LED Wide Angle LED bulb ~ White

Dome light
WLED-x5 LED Wide Angle LED bulb ~ White

Trunk/Cargo Area
WLED-x5 LED Wide Angle LED bulb ~ White

Cigarette lighter
Spotlight Rechargeable LED Light ~ ******* awesome!

Any ?'s just ask, Thanks for the help you guys
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For the high mount stop light ~
921-x12 Wedge Base LED bulb RED

Plus 2 custom inerior lights for under the Dash...
ALM-OB-x4 Accent Light Module
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