LED Taillight Issue

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Renodemona
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Re: LED Taillight Issue

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You need to put in an LED flasher module up under the dash, should solve the fast flashing.
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Chubbinius
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Re: LED Taillight Issue

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Renodemona wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:22 am You need to put in an LED flasher module up under the dash, should solve the fast flashing.
I put one in when I put LED bulbs in my brakes/taillights. Here's the one I used and have not had any issues with:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1
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Driftwood
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Re: LED Taillight Issue

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I had similar issues when I converted my lights to LED style bulbs. I reinstalled my original filament style bulbs and everything worked fine again.

LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) only draw very small amounts of current. Because of this they require a inline resistor to apply a proper load to the electrical circuit.

I will eventually install 1K ohm resistors in the various light circuits to serve as the resistive load that a regular filament style bulb provides.
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killerinstinct
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Re: LED Taillight Issue

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Hey Guys,
I'm thinking of switching the LED's on my taillights, brakes, turn lights and hazards. Would I need the LED Flasher for both the turn signals and hazards? Also would you happen to have the links or #'s for the led bulbs you used in the front and rear lights?

Thanks,
Cesar
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Chubbinius
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Re: LED Taillight Issue

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killerinstinct wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2020 3:10 pm Hey Guys,
I'm thinking of switching the LED's on my taillights, brakes, turn lights and hazards. Would I need the LED Flasher for both the turn signals and hazards? Also would you happen to have the links or #'s for the led bulbs you used in the front and rear lights?

Thanks,
Cesar
Cesar, not sure if they will be the same for your 86 GW, but here are the bulbs I used on my 1970 Wagoneer- as recommended by Daniel Stern Lighting (he was great to deal with and very helpful, these are his Amazon links)
brake lights: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HWS7XGW/?tag=2402507-20
reversing lamps: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TQ8H4KG/?tag=2402507-20
turn signal flasher: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001GF1A0M/?tag=2402507-20 (2-prong like original)
front turn signal: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BFDIN0K/?tag=2402507-20

Hope that helps you.
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-D27 front/D44 rear
2006 XK (65th Ann Edition)-DD
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