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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: Dalo Harkin on 14 January 2013, 12:43
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Hi all,
I have red rear clusters and get red when the indicators are on :whistle:
now I have the LED bulbs and resistors needed to stop the hyper flashing, my question is does anyone know which colour wire the resistor needs adding between?
Cheers
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anyone?
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it would be the input wire i guess but im not sure of the colour?
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Should be black/white drivers for the left indicator and black/green for the right. What size resistor are you using as I've just ordered led indicator bulbs myself.
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can't remember but will have a look and let you know, there was a post on another forum telling what size resistors, but not what wiring you needed to add them into
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There are spare terminals on the back of the bulb holder, if you trace the tracks you can add a resistor to the terminals rather than splicing into the wires. I've done this and it works a treat
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Oh and you can also mod your hazard switch if you don't want to use resistors on the wires :wink:
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just done some math, gonna need a 6ohm resistor capable of at least 25w, probably 50w to be on the safe side.
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There are spare terminals on the back of the bulb holder, if you trace the tracks you can add a resistor to the terminals rather than splicing into the wires. I've done this and it works a treat
is it not easier to just add in between the wires? I believe it is just when you indicate with LED bulbs and dont have resistors they flash as if one is blown
do you have any pics of the ones you did?
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Trouble is with adding the resistor to the wires is that you have to add them across the positive and negative so you'll have to pull the covering off the loom to get to them.
Yeah it just flashes quicker or worst case not at all. All of my bulbs are LEDs now so I had to add a resistor as well as modding my hazard switch
I'll get a pic later
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Cheers Wazzzer, love it when something that seems like an easy to do good idea, becomes complicated :grin:
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did you manage to get the pic Wazzzer?
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Ah I forgot lol
I'll grab one tomorrow as I've just finished digging the Golf out :laugh:
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Ah I forgot lol
I'll grab one tomorrow as I've just finished digging the Golf out :laugh:
3 days I have been stood outside in the snow waiting :grin: :grin:
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had a look, I'll be soldering the resistor to these pins
(http://i49.tinypic.com/sgmnom.jpg)
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brilliant, can you let me know how you get on, I am going to be doing mine, but doubt itll be before next weekend now.
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It works! I ended up passing the wires through the socket and soldered the wires to the tracks of the other side, the pins are galvanized so I couldn't get the solder to take, as were the tracks on the other side, I just sanded a small area down to remove the zinc, soldered the wires on and secured the resistor with some tiny cable ties. Cant really get a pic up as they're already fitted to my car.
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happy days, this is my next to do :wink:
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There are spare terminals on the back of the bulb holder, if you trace the tracks you can add a resistor to the terminals rather than splicing into the wires. I've done this and it works a treat
Are the spare terminals your talking about the ones marked by the arrows on this pic? Not of my car by the way LOL
(http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff208/Stevegoral/Rearlightdiag.jpg)