16-11-2020, 11:51 PM
Having reluctantly finally decided that it is time to install flashing indicators on my 6-volt +ve earth Ruby, I wondered about the easiest way to achieve this.
I wanted to leave the existing original wiring undisturbed, continue to use the original trafficator self-cancelling switch, and also keep the working trafficators.
So, I decided to purchase four suitable lamps that take festoon bulbs and fit them with a 6v self-flashing festoon amber LED bulb that are available now. The lamps have been fitted on the bumpers and wired back into the existing trafficator junction box under the bonnet to ensure each pair of LEDs, at the front and rear, flash when a trafficator is switched on in the usual way.
This seems an easy way to provide flashing indicators with minimal changes? The LEDs take only 200 milliamps each so the new wiring is light-weight and little current is added to the existing trafficator circuits.
Has anyone else tried this?
Colin
I wanted to leave the existing original wiring undisturbed, continue to use the original trafficator self-cancelling switch, and also keep the working trafficators.
So, I decided to purchase four suitable lamps that take festoon bulbs and fit them with a 6v self-flashing festoon amber LED bulb that are available now. The lamps have been fitted on the bumpers and wired back into the existing trafficator junction box under the bonnet to ensure each pair of LEDs, at the front and rear, flash when a trafficator is switched on in the usual way.
This seems an easy way to provide flashing indicators with minimal changes? The LEDs take only 200 milliamps each so the new wiring is light-weight and little current is added to the existing trafficator circuits.
Has anyone else tried this?
Colin