blinkers too fast

**SHAKEnBLAKE** · 07-22-2008, 11:12 PM

I cut my fenders and replaced the blinkers and now they blink too fast. I don't do a lot of electrical but i thought everything was set up correctly. What did I do?

**irish_loveAWD** · 07-23-2008, 12:33 AM

Are all of your blinkers working? Sometimes when one of them burns out it will cause them to blink fast.

**athos76** · 07-23-2008, 12:33 AM

LED Blinkers, or incandescents?

If its LED, you need a LED-compatible flasher unit... look for the ones that have LED in the part number. LEDs use less voltage than the incandescents and trigger the blown bulb relay thingee... makes them flash quick.

If its an incand.... might be a blown bulb...

**SHAKEnBLAKE** · 07-23-2008, 04:38 PM

yes they're LED's. to include more detail:
I currently (get it? current?) have stock right side blinkers and LED left side blinkers. The lefts are blinking too fast.
So: what's and "LED compatible flasher unit?" where does it go? where do i get one? why didn;t those bass-tards that sold me LED's tell me I needed one?
Thanks for the help guys.

**Scrambler82** · 07-23-2008, 05:08 PM

Just about any Auto Parts Store.

xdfhdfjn · 07-23-2008, 05:53 PM

Also make sure and check your lights are grounded to the body. A lot of aftermarket companies have screws that have a small plastic spacer on them.

**SHAKEnBLAKE** · 07-23-2008, 06:19 PM

i triple checked the ground and (wierd) it doesn't matter if it's a good ground or no ground, they work, just too fast.
like I said, I'm not an electrical guy. Thanks for the help so far!

update: after calling advance, autozone, and oreilly, whom i bought the LED's from, none of them have the LED flasher assembly.
"We don' got nuthin' tuh do wit LED's here!" Where can I get this thing?

madrabbitt · 07-23-2008, 06:36 PM

Flasher model ep-26

http://www.stu-offroad.com/electrical/led1/led-3.htm

**athos76** · 07-24-2008, 11:04 AM

Go into discount and ask for the model of flasher for your jeep. Go to the aisle, and look for the flasher that has LED compliant on it with that model number.

**SHAKEnBLAKE** · 07-26-2008, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by madrabbitt

Flasher model ep-26

http://www.stu-offroad.com/electrical/led1/led-3.htm

using madrabbitt's link I found a very good writeup that told me how to simply get to and modify the stock flasher unit to restore the original blinker speed. All i had to do was cut off one little circuit! Free fixes rule!

Thanks for all the help guys! Nice find madrabbitt.

I'll post pics once I cut the fenders. Right now I have 8 blinkers up front and the fenders are smashed, but I'm getting close...

**SHAKEnBLAKE** · 10-30-2008, 12:14 AM

forgot about this til someone asked for a writeup. too bad, it's late, but here's pics

242much · 10-30-2008, 01:22 AM

the LED's use less current. your flasher is a bi-metal strip, when current runs through, it gets hot, and changes shape, breaking contact. when contact is broken, the light goes off, the strip cools down, and it contacts again, turning the signal back on. when you use LED's, they don't heat the metal strip up as fast, due to the lower current needs of the led's. so the bi-metal strip heats up, just not as much, not as fast, so when it breaks contact, it doesn't take as long to cool down, and you get the fast blink. you need a resistor. if you have a DMM, you can calculate how much resistance you need to add, and just buy a couple resistors at radio shack.

**SHAKEnBLAKE** · 10-30-2008, 11:13 PM

well, he obviously didn;t read that i was able to fix my problem for free, but it's nice to know that there is an alternate way of fixing this problem