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simonpuma90



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Towing a trailer with led lights
Does anyone know how to cure this problem I have fitted my ifor Williams with all led lights great on my defender if I tow it with my old mans disco 3 the indocators have a small pulse constant any idea how to cure this
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jasong4110



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When I built my trailer I used LED lights and had the same issue I ended up fitting ballast resistors to the indicators to make them function correctly and my towing tell tale work correctly. I chose to do it this way rather than changing the flasher unit as I tow other trailers and it would have messed the flashing rate on these up.

Jason.

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Post #193332 13th Dec 2012 11:54pm
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XS Pete



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You need to change the flasher relay in the Disco for one which supports LED lights. There's loads on ebay or alternatively PM Tim at The Mobilecentre who's a site sponsor on here as he carries them.

Pete
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noworries4x4



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XS Pete wrote:
You need to change the flasher relay in the Disco for one which supports LED lights. There's loads on ebay or alternatively PM Tim at The Mobilecentre who's a site sponsor on here as he carries them.

Pete


It is definatly a cure but they do flash a bit slow for my liking If everything is under control you are not going fast enough.

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No flasher relay in a D3 as such (body controller), you will need ballasts or hidden bulbs I'm afraid Sad  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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ken



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noworries4x4 wrote:
XS Pete wrote:
You need to change the flasher relay in the Disco for one which supports LED lights. There's loads on ebay or alternatively PM Tim at The Mobilecentre who's a site sponsor on here as he carries them.

Pete


It is definatly a cure but they do flash a bit slow for my liking


He has others that cure the slow flash as well the early relays did this not the newer ones Thumbs Up
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