LEDs with a load equalizer?? need help
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LEDs with a load equalizer?? need help
Hi all:
I just bought two LED light bulbs for the rear lights on my F-250. I also ordered LED load equalizers because the turn signals were flashing quickly with the LEDs. I tried to wire the laod equalizer with no luck. I sent an e-amil to the company and recieved the following responce;
"You must wire the LED's in parallel with one grounded. The best way I
know how to explain it is to pull up a diagram and look at that, I do
not have one to fax you though."
What does he mean by "in parallel with one ground".
Thanks for your help, Bob
I just bought two LED light bulbs for the rear lights on my F-250. I also ordered LED load equalizers because the turn signals were flashing quickly with the LEDs. I tried to wire the laod equalizer with no luck. I sent an e-amil to the company and recieved the following responce;
"You must wire the LED's in parallel with one grounded. The best way I
know how to explain it is to pull up a diagram and look at that, I do
not have one to fax you though."
What does he mean by "in parallel with one ground".
Thanks for your help, Bob
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I am not sure, but I would try hooking the equalizer across the LED. In other words, hook one side of the equalizer to the incoming voltage wire, and hook the other side to ground. This would put it in parallel with the LED lights, because one side of the LED is hooked to incoming power wire, and the other side is going to the light socket which is grounded to the truck sheetmetal.
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Originally Posted by Bouts21
That's why they are needed, much less load on the circuit with the LEDs, when I did the LEDs in my Intrepid this is what I had to do.
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Thank you very much guys, I think I know what to do now.
Steina, That diagram is just what I needed, I kinda thought that's what I needed to do but the load equalizer has two female plugs. It didn't make sence to plug it in that way with the plugs they supplied. Anyway, that should do it
Thanks again, Bob
Steina, That diagram is just what I needed, I kinda thought that's what I needed to do but the load equalizer has two female plugs. It didn't make sence to plug it in that way with the plugs they supplied. Anyway, that should do it
Thanks again, Bob
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Franklin2, when I put the LEDs in, they flashed fast, exactly as described, I queried it on a couple of Intrepid sites, and the people that had LEDs used the 1kohm resistor with success, I tried it and it worked for me too.
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