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Originally Posted by 3-Wheeler
Regarding the use of resistors and such to tune the LED lights, I would say that's the path I'm headed down, since I would like them for all rear functions, but I can understand how one would want a simpler installation.
Was there anything special to hooking these up? Any trimming resistors, or are you running them at the full 12 volts?
Jim.
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I bought 12V clearance lights in a housing and they require nothing special to hook up and run. They just last longer and draw far less current than filament bulbs. On the brake lights I just swapped bulbs, nothing special. The turn signal circuit has a blinker that requires a certain amp draw to function correctly. This is also lets you know if you have a bulb out because the signal will flash in double time. I am not enough of an electronics guy to know if the resistors (for the turn signal circuit) would negate any savings from running LEDs so I just left them alone. I figure they are not really on that much anyway. LEDs don't tolerate heat well so they should not be used in the same housing as your headlights. HID headlights are suppose to draw less current than halogen bulb headlights for what it's worth.