Topic: LED turn signals very dim

[andy8190]

Yesterday I installed some led turn signals on my bike. I tested to make sure they work by touching them directly to the battery and they are super bright. I installed them on the bike and hooked them up to a blinker I bought from Tractor Supply and they are very dim but they do blink. Could this be the type of blinker. It says it is a heavy duty blinker so I am wondering if it is causing a lot of resistance making the leds dim.

[HondaMan]

Yesterday I installed some led turn signals on my bike. I tested to make sure they work by touching them directly to the battery and they are super bright. I installed them on the bike and hooked them up to a blinker I bought from Tractor Supply and they are very dim but they do blink. Could this be the type of blinker. It says it is a heavy duty blinker so I am wondering if it is causing a lot of resistance making the leds dim.

If the blinker is a 2-wire type, try reversing the leads at the blinker. If it is a 3-wire type, check to make sure your LEDs are on the right terminal? If it is a "solid-state" 2-wire type, they sometimes cause this problem: in this case, you may have to hook up a small automotive relay to the flasher and let the flasher "blink" the relay, and hook the LEDs up to the relay instead.

[andy8190]

i ended up finding a thread here that says the heavy duty one does provide more resistance as it's designed for trailers with lots of lights so I think this is the problem.

[andy8190]

returned my flasher and got another type that was not heavy duty and they work fine now. So it was that is was creating more resistance