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Old March 2nd, 2010, 11:55 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by Momaru View Post
In theory, you could solder a diode to each flasher on the inbound side (see diagram in link below). I don't know of anyone that's actually done this, but electrically it should work. Only drawback is it needs 4 diodes rather than 2.
No, this will not work as the problem is that the dash ind. bulb combines the L & R wires through the filament which, now that all 4 are LED's, conducts enough to power the unselected side. When all 4 were bulbs and took much more current that was not a factor as current would still flow to the unselected side but not enough to fire the bulbs. Yes the 2 diodes (or 1 dual diode module) is the only way to do it.
Not all flashers marked "electronic" will work correctly with LED's. Get an LED specific flasher.
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