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| Waldo Member Since: 18 Jul 2010 Location: Bit South of Manchester Posts: 240  
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I have this as well.... but no idea why
Interested to see the replies Defender 90 XS TD5 (03 Reg) |
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13th May 2014 8:27pm |
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| Lou Sparts Member Since: 15 Apr 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 1501 
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Trailer light flashes with the first flash of the indicators purely as a lamp test. 2005 Td5 90 XS
Steve |
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13th May 2014 8:28pm |
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| ChrisJ Member Since: 12 Nov 2013 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 231 
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Ah right, I'm rather new to this defender lark!!
Thank you. |
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13th May 2014 8:32pm |
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| Whizzer Member Since: 18 Feb 2014 Location: Essex Posts: 29 
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Mine keeps flashing?
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13th May 2014 8:42pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20347
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Get this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RDX-4-Pin-Flashe...35c5dcf256 Let's you fit LED lights, or keep incandescent regular lights. Stops the ingle flash but still works with trailer connected as it should. Got mine last week, works a treat! |
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13th May 2014 9:04pm |
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| Lambley Member Since: 20 Apr 2013 Location: Mid Devon Posts: 1435 
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I fitted a BoltOnBits set of LED lights to mine and the set came with a new flasher unit, but after fitting the rate of flash seemed very slow, I called them but they just said "it's within tolerance - so it's legal, but we're working on a new version that will flash quicker because we've had a few calls now!"
Custom90steve - does yours work without the trailer light and flash at a decent rate? If so they might have sorted it. |
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14th May 2014 5:30am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20347
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Works without the trailer light yes, flash rate seems just a tad slower but nothing to complain about at all.
I prefer it actually. By this I mean a very very slight difference.  |
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14th May 2014 9:41am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20347
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It's worth bearing in mind the voltage difference on setting the relay varies which also has an affect.
12v with ignition or 14v with engine running. I set mine at first with ignition then found when the engine was running the trailer light started coming on where with the ignition it didn't. So, as you'll be indicating with the engine running whilst driving I'd advise setting it with the engine running. It should be set so the trailer light is just turned off, so very small increments of movement on the adjustment knob. Iirc clockwise will bring the light on and anticlockwise off. I'm very pleased with it anyway. |
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14th May 2014 2:33pm |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5110  
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Is the RDX relay a WIPAC relay with an RDX badge stuck on, as they look identical, RDX says it has all its electrics specially made for them but I am not sure that is true as to have small items specially made by a component factory you have to order ten of thousands and RDX markets are not that big!
Reason for bringing it up is the WIPAC one is less then half the price! |
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14th May 2014 4:41pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20347
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But does the Wipac version have the same functionality?
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14th May 2014 5:44pm |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5110
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It seems to work OK with LED and incandent lights and has the little knurled control knob exactly in the same place as the RDX one has, its just worrying that RDX seems to have just stuck a stuck label on the side of the relay where as if it was specially made for them it would have the RDX logo either printed on or embossed in the plastic.
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14th May 2014 6:29pm |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558 
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I found flash looked slow with the rdx , yes still within flash rate regulation but I thought it looked like a old mini bi metal flasher rate bit old fashioned looking , so changed back to one ive used for years |
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14th May 2014 6:38pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20347
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The lights themselves have RDX imprinted on them like others, same with the LUX NAS lights too.
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14th May 2014 6:53pm |
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| rustyboxx Member Since: 08 Oct 2012 Location: Poole Posts: 548 
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@munch90
See if you can buy an LED relay from Simon at MPS trading, he's a sponsor on here. I bought a set of Wipac LEDs from him and they came with a relay that has a small knob to adjust the flash rate. Much better than the RDX unit I had on my previous Defender with RDX LEDs. 2015 90 XS CSW TDCi - Beautiful 2007 110 XS DCPU - An itch that needed scratching 2005 90 Td5 XS CSW - Utterly brilliant 2001 Discovery 2 ES Auto - A phase I went through 1996 90 Tdi CSW - Uber reliable 1989 90 2.5 Petrol Hardtop - My first proper Landy 1985 Range Rover Vogue V8 -Troublesome |
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14th May 2014 8:51pm |
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