Hey guys, having a little trouble understanding how these work and haven't had a whole lot of luck with what I've found searching around here. So, hopefully you guys can point me in the right direction.

I'm running LED lights for all my turn signals and brake lights. I'm having the fast flasher problem. It's not from the front turn signals but from the brake light LED's (I know this from the order I put them in, just the fronts with LED's were fine).

So, I picked up some of those Auto-Zone load equalizers thinking I could just wire them up before the brake light. But as I got to thinking about it that sounds like a bad idea because they're just for intermittent use only and when the cars lights are on at night it would constantly have power running through it which = bad for load equalizers (am I right so far?)

So after reading a few threads it's looking like now I want to wire them in after the flasher? In the picture below, I'm guessing I want to wire it into the flasher harness output wire. Which one is the wire that is leaving the flasher? Like are they different colors? (can't go look under car right this second, hoping someone knows offhand).



My other question is, if that is the case, where can I wire it in? Knowing that it'll get hot I'd really rather mount it in the trunk somewhere away from carpet and whatnot in like a bracket or something. Like is there a section of this wire near the tail light itself I can wire it into so I dont have to run wire all the way from the flasher back or am I pretty much only gonna be able to access the wire up near the flasher unit itself? Regardless, what are some good spots to mount them at that have worked for you? I don't really know how hot these get so I'm unsure of how careful I need to be about where they go.

If any of this has been covered in other threads or if I am way off with any of this information I apologize, I wasn't having such great luck finding specific answers. Thanks for any input guys!

They make a flasher meant for LED lights.




Your car may do 13 sec @ 103 mph, but my car does 146db @ 35 hz.

I know, but I already have these. Thanks.

Rahjee [rkm1989 wrote:]I know, but I already have these. Thanks.

first off, those get hot. REAL hot. like they'd better not touch anything plastic or it WILL melt. secondly, a replacement flasher is the proper way to do it. thirdly, load resistors go inline at the lights they're adjusting load for. finally; just get the damned flasher. it costs the same as the stocker, and you wont have to worry about melting anything/burning things in your car.



car audio noob since 1984.

Truth.




Your car may do 13 sec @ 103 mph, but my car does 146db @ 35 hz.

Rich Grayo Jr. wrote:

Rahjee [rkm1989 wrote:]I know, but I already have these. Thanks.

first off, those get hot. REAL hot. like they'd better not touch anything plastic or it WILL melt. secondly, a replacement flasher is the proper way to do it. thirdly, load resistors go inline at the lights they're adjusting load for. finally; just get the damned flasher. it costs the same as the stocker, and you wont have to worry about melting anything/burning things in your car.

I don't really have a shortage of places to mount it, I can think of a few spots it wouldnt be anywhere near meltable things. I know they go inline at the light but I was hoping to put it inline somewhere after the flasher, not directly before the light, so the current from when the lights are on at night would not be going through it all the time, just when the turn signal is on so it won't get so hot. I'm just not sure if that's how the circuit works, that's where I'm really looking for information.

I do understand what you're saying, and if this isn't feasable I'll just buy a new flasher (EP27 right?). I'd really just rather not spend the money right now if I don't have to (got these for free). I appreciate the help, thanks for your time.

if the current's not going through them, they're not doing their job. they go inline at the light.



car audio noob since 1984.

Ok, maybe this can better illustrate what I'm trying to figure out...



I understand that you're saying wire it in like the one on the left. However, if I am correct in assuming the circuit on the right is close to how one operates in a J car, would I be able to wire it inline like that? I'm guessing (correct me if I'm wrong) that when the tail lights are turned on via light switch the turn signal allows current to pass through to the light on the circuit labeled 1 when the turn signal is not engaged. But when the turn signal is engaged, the current is redirected to circuit 2 to the flasher and back to the taillight, causing it to flash.

So, what I am trying to find out is if it is indeed set up like this so I could put the load equalizer between the flasher and before it reconnects to circuit 1 to the light like in illustration on the right. If I could do it this way, wouldn't it then not have current passing through except when the turn signal/hazards are engaged (not get hella hot at night perhaps)? From what I've seen it leads me to believe there are two wires running to the light that both connect somewhere because when I take the flasher out I can still turn on the tail lights with the light switch. Again, I may be totally wrong on this, but that's just what I can gather

My other question is are there different types of EP27 flasher? I tried one from Advance Auto Parts just for kicks and it did nothing, so I'm guessing there are different ones specifically made for LEDs? Thanks guys!

There are EP27's specific for LED lights.




Your car may do 13 sec @ 103 mph, but my car does 146db @ 35 hz.