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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 01:45 PM
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i seen the light

Hi,Id like to know have any of you tried putting led lights on your f trucks i have 16 on mine and i realy like em but now my abs light comes on after 35 mph .What do you all think it might be?
 
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 07:33 PM
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I don't know exactly about the trucks. We tried to put them on a motorcycle. They worked on the brake and tail but some of the systems didn't work on the signals. The manufacturer said we had to get an equalizer or some other gizmo. Try contacting who made the LEDs and see what they say.
 
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 07:38 PM
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You may also want to ask the question in the electrical section. There are some good electrical gurus there.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 04:17 AM
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thanks trike1946 I'll give a call to the led product people and see what they think I might not have enough resistance or could I have a bad ground.? S. l.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 08:22 PM
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I have been replacing all my lights with LED's. But I do not have ABS so I can not help with that part. I have pulled a trailer that had a bad ground wire to the plug, when it lost connection through the hitch ball the brake lights on the truck came on. The LED's have such a small current draw that any grounding problems are not corrected by the LED's where regular incandescent bulbs would be able to absorb it.

My bed has 9 marker lights on it and 2 tail lights, with LED's in them I am not using as much power as it takes to light 1 1156 incandescent bulb.
 
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 05:28 PM
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on explorer they have the 3rd brake light which is L.E.D. it has a ballast like a set of florisent lights...
 
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