LED Lighting (Signals)

September 20/2019


Front Signal
 1156A / 1156NA
Rear Signal
 3156A / 7440A / T20



Phase 1 of the LED conversion.




Front turn signal; stock.


         
New front signal; 1156 XP80 amber.




LED front signal done.



         
Rear signal.



         
         
Rear esignals; LED on left, stock bulb on the right. Had hyperflash. Fail!



September 29/2019


Hyperflash due to the LED's.




Picked up some decoders off e-Bay to get rid of the hyperflash.



         
3156 decoder for the front signals. Tested and work.



    
Left side                     /                     Right side.



         
3156 decoder for the rear signals.
These didn't get rid of the hyperflash. After checking with the supplier, turns out that they don't work on the CX-9.



October 12/2019




This is the solution, but I don't want to hack the wiring.


       
March 3/2020



         
JDM LED's with "anti-hyperflash".



March 20/2020



    








Test run on drivers side; the sun was very bright but you can see a noticeable difference with the LED bulb.



I installed the passenger side LED bulb, and upon testing, it worked fine, but quickly started hyperflashing. This took me back to the drivers side where I find it hyperflashing.
Turns out that when cold, they work fine, but after a few seconds of use (and build up of heat), they stat hyperflashing. Fail #2!



March 21/2020



    
Back to the Diode Dynamics LED's and will wire in load resistors for the rear circuit.




Tail lights removed.




How to connect the load resistors.



    
Left side; test run.




Left side; soldered, liquid taped and electrical taped.




Right side; soldered, liquid taped and electrical taped.



    
Left side done.



    
Right side done.




Done!



RE-CAP OF CONVERTING TO LED TURN SIGNALS
September 20/2020 install DD front and rear LED's. Had hyperflash. FAIL!
September 29/2019 install plug-n-play decoders. The front decoders got rid of the hyperflash in the front circuit, but the
rear decoders did not get rid of the hyperflash in the rear circuit. FAIL #2!
March 20/2020 installed JDM "no hyperflash" bulbs. When cold, I had no hyperflash, but as soon as they built up any
heat, they would start hyperflashing. FAIL #3!
March 21/2020 installed Diode Dynamics load resistors and LED bulbs. WORKING FINE!



If you have any comments, suggestions, or see any errors, please let me know..... cbradley@telus.net

Last updated on March 21/2020

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