Subject: RE: Bar-end signal fun
Author: Charlie Mullendore
Date: Jan 10, 2005, 5:38 PM
Post ID: 1718186299
Hi Greg,
Thanks for the tips on the resistors. Festoon bulbs come in a pretty
limited range of wattage, 10 being the highest I've found so far. I'll
play around with different flashers, resistors and bulbs until I come up
with what I want. Cheers,
Greg Bender wrote:
Hi Charlie, I just got done playing around with resistors while I was working to make my turn signals operate as combination turn signals and running lights. I found that 1 Ohm, 10 watt resistors from Radio Shack worked well for making blink rate nice. However, they got VERY hot. Using the vast scientific resources I had at my disposal (an instantly slightly burned finger upon touch), I determined that they were too hot to operate unless I attached them externally to some chunk of metal away from anything that could melt (especially skin). http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F011%5F002%5F014%5F004&product%5Fid=271%2D131 I also tried using Electronic Flashers units, but found that 2 of the 3 identical flashers didn't work for my application. In the end, I adjusted the resistance I needed by using higher wattage bulbs. For flashers, I purchased cheap, $2 Buss units from Walmart. Hope this helps. For more info on what I did, go to: http://www.thisoldtractor.com/gtbender/turn_signals_as_running_lights.htm |
Charlie
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