I am looking at changing my current incandescent stop tail light to LED's. Do I need resistor/s or is there an adaptor that can be fitted to my 7 pin flat connector plug?
Cloak said
04:53 PM Aug 18, 2014
I doubt you will need shunt resistors providing you are not modifying the tug.
Umpie1 said
05:06 PM Aug 18, 2014
My apologies for not making things a little bit clearer. [senior moment]. The lights that I am looking to convert are on the van. I am not modifying the tug.
The Hats said
06:23 PM Aug 18, 2014
G/Day mate you will be fine all my small trailers have LED's and I have no issues there is enough resistance in the tug
Cheers
The Hats
oldbobsbus said
07:58 PM Aug 18, 2014
Just buy a couple of these and you are in business...
Not sure what tug you run, but some vehicles sense the presence of a trailer by pulsing one or more of the circuits with a small voltage, this has no impact on incandescents, and their resistance is low enough to be recognised. With Leds, this can result in things like the indicators flashing at about 1hz (once per second), and the tug not sensing the trailer.
This typically only applies to recent European vehicles, Audi, VW, Landrover, etc.
03_troopy said
08:23 PM Aug 19, 2014
And Ford Rangers I think as well.
V - L said
06:17 PM Aug 20, 2014
Umpie 1
Mate for more information on this subject maybe have a look at the post " No brake lights on the rear of the caravan ". I think it is on the bottom of this subject page. Regards Vince.
Legendts said
10:41 PM Aug 20, 2014
I tow with a 200 series cruiser and have a 10+ year old Evernew where I converted all interior and external lighting to new LED light fittings and everything has worked fine for me since. Have done around 8,000ks since fitting them and apart from one poor earth (fixed) that showed up all good. Best decision in awhile.
Umpie1 said
10:47 AM Aug 30, 2014
Thanks very much for all the suggestions. I am going to try replacing the current festoon globes with LED ones rather than changing the whole unit/s over. If it works it will be definitely cheeper.
I am looking at changing my current incandescent stop tail light to LED's. Do I need resistor/s or is there an adaptor that can be fitted to my 7 pin flat connector plug?
G/Day mate you will be fine all my small trailers have LED's and I have no issues there is enough resistance in the tug
Cheers
The Hats
Just buy a couple of these and you are in business...
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2x-Car-1157-BAY15D-Globes-12-LED-Brake-Turn-Stop-Tail-Light-Lamp-Bulb-DC-12V-New-/171329122168?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item27e402ef78
Not sure what tug you run, but some vehicles sense the presence of a trailer by pulsing one or more of the circuits with a small voltage, this has no impact on incandescents, and their resistance is low enough to be recognised. With Leds, this can result in things like the indicators flashing at about 1hz (once per second), and the tug not sensing the trailer.
This typically only applies to recent European vehicles, Audi, VW, Landrover, etc.
Mate for more information on this subject maybe have a look at the post " No brake lights on the rear of the caravan ". I think it is on the bottom of this subject page. Regards Vince.