05Single's virgin build thread. 03 tahoe

[Sam Harris]

Know which one?

Leg #7. Same as in the first picture as well. I suspect this leg provides the hyper-flash when resistance is lower than it’s supposed to be. So clipping it should only affect that function. (Guess..)

 

[eand28]

Yes. That leg is for the hyperflash/lamp outage function. Lights will work as normal without resistors and regular incandescent bulbs will still work

 

[05Single]

Yes. That leg is for the hyperflash/lamp outage function. Lights will work as normal without resistors and regular incandescent bulbs will still work

That’s awesome . Sounds crazy but you should make a how-to thread and it should be a sticky

 

[HiHoeSilver]

That’s awesome . Sounds crazy but you should make a how-to thread and it should be a sticky

Wholeheartedly agree. Can't believe this isn't in the "database" already.

Here's my question: If you install resistors and an led bulb fails, does it hyperflash? I kinda like a function that alerts me to a problem.

 

[Rocket Man]

Wholeheartedly agree. Can't believe this isn't in the "database" already.

Here's my question: If you install resistors and an led bulb fails, does it hyperflash? I kinda like a function that alerts me to a problem.

No. You’ve eliminated the alert by using the resistor, and the led has basically no resistance so it doesn’t make a difference when it goes out.

 

[Sam Harris]

Yup. On your own to continually verify all bulbs are in working order. Any LEDs installed in turns will eliminate the alert functionality.

 

[Rocket Man]

Nothing ever alerts us when our brake lights go out anyway, which are way more important than turn signals. BTW, why is that? They could design an alert if a TS bulb goes out but not brake lights or headlights or running lights?

 

[ScottyBoy]

Nothing ever alerts us when our brake lights go out anyway, which are way more important than turn signals. BTW, why is that? They could design an alert if a TS bulb goes out but not brake lights or headlights or running lights?

It can be done, it's just expensive to get the circuitry to do that. My grandmother gave me her 89 Jaguar XJ6 back around 2004 after she stopped driving. Even though it was an 89 model, it was WAY ahead of it's time as far as the electronics in it. Each tail light and front turn signal had a "bulb module" (which was basically a damn $450 computer module). These bulb modules would trigger a warning message on the dash if a bulb was out. And it told you exactly which bulb!! For instance, it would say "Left stop light bulb failure" in the message screen on the dash. But it was also a PITA when I had a bulb module go bad. Kept giving false bulb failure warnings CONSTANTLY, and it was almost $500 for a new one. I found a used one online for under $200 which was still expensive as fawk in my opinion, lol .

 

[05Single]

What I learned in driving school, always do a pre trip inspection before driving

 

[05Single]

It can be done, it's just expensive to get the circuitry to do that. My grandmother gave me her 89 Jaguar XJ6 back around 2004 after she stopped driving. Even though it was an 89 model, it was WAY ahead of it's time as far as the electronics in it. Each tail light and front turn signal had a "bulb module" (which was basically a damn $450 computer module). These bulb modules would trigger a warning message on the dash if a bulb was out. And it told you exactly which bulb!! For instance, it would say "Left stop light bulb failure" in the message screen on the dash. But it was also a PITA when I had a bulb module go bad. Kept giving false bulb failure warnings CONSTANTLY, and it was almost $500 for a new one. I found a used one online for under $200 which was still expensive as fawk in my opinion, lol .

$500 is insane money for 1989. That’s like a weeks worth of pay back then