LED lights

[Spoonz]

Changed all my turn signals to LEDs on my 74' RD250. They turn on but will not flash. Is this due to the low requirements of the LEDs?

 

[Big R]

Yep. Head to Autozone and look for their electronic flasher relays. Should have some that say "no load" or "low load". Should be around $8.

 

[mdavies]

yeah, there's not enough resistance i believe. the stock blinker relay has a little spring that heats up and cools off to make it blink. you can get an inline led resistor, or do what i did and order a led flasher relay.


http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2Fspecs%2FLFS-1-PIN.html here's the one i got

 

[mdavies]

too late