Adding brake light flasher
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Adding brake light flasher
I'm replacing my tail light housings with some new ones that have two sockets in each one for tail / brake lights. I'm considering having one set use the new LED bulbs that flash the brake light a couple times before going on solid. I'm guessing flashing brake lights will not be great at night when viewing my backup camera which is mounted above the license plate.
My original thought is to wire in a normally closed relay to that brake light and my backup lights so that when the truck is in reverse the flashing stop lights are disabled and only the standard bulbed ones work.
My other thought is just to buy a flasher module like a lot of the motorcycle guys use and wire that into my high mount third stoplight which I've already replaced the three bulbs with LEDs. I'm thinking this would be simpler to do but I'm not sure if that would still create too much distraction in the backup camera.
If anyone has tried either of these methods of implementing flashing stoplights I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
My original thought is to wire in a normally closed relay to that brake light and my backup lights so that when the truck is in reverse the flashing stop lights are disabled and only the standard bulbed ones work.
My other thought is just to buy a flasher module like a lot of the motorcycle guys use and wire that into my high mount third stoplight which I've already replaced the three bulbs with LEDs. I'm thinking this would be simpler to do but I'm not sure if that would still create too much distraction in the backup camera.
If anyone has tried either of these methods of implementing flashing stoplights I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
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I have little control over what annoys people. The fact that I'm driving a great big 4x4 V10 Excursion probably pisses off 3/4 of the State of California.
The federal government did a study looking into this and they did prove to be effective, here is the report. Evaluation of Enhanced Brake Lights Using Surrogate Safety Metrics https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.do...les/811127.pdf
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Another thought might be to just wire up the center high mounted brake light on the rear hatch. Still attention grabbing without being as obnoxious as the big, at eye level main brake lights. I think the quick flashers are effective and very annoying especially at night when in slow stop and go traffic.
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Another thought might be to just wire up the center high mounted brake light on the rear hatch. Still attention grabbing without being as obnoxious as the big, at eye level main brake lights. I think the quick flashers are effective and very annoying especially at night when in slow stop and go traffic.
Just wondering if I will still be annoyed when looking in my backup camera and hitting the brakes. Unless somebody has experience with that, I might just hook it up and if it bothers me, add the relay wired into the backup lights to cancel the blinker when backing up.
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Im using those 3 flash LEDs in my factory housings with LED backup lights, what a world of difference! I got a flasher off Amazon for around $12, wasn't the easiest to replace the flasher cause of its location... also installed LED lisence plate bulbs to complete the look in back.
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Im using those 3 flash LEDs in my factory housings with LED backup lights, what a world of difference! I got a flasher off Amazon for around $12, wasn't the easiest to replace the flasher cause of its location... also installed LED lisence plate bulbs to complete the look in back.
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