Poor Man's Brake lamp and turn signal upgrade

[KiteSquid]

So, can you give us a breakdown on the cost of a DYI LED board?

 

I woudl probally be better if you put it in the thread you started.

[a1bummer]

Sure can. Can't right now though. Gotta clean up some of my messes around here for the kids b-day party later. Wouldn't want the in-laws knowing I'm such a messy nerd. Oh wait! I think they may already know. Oh well.

[IH Truck Guy]

I changed all turn signal bulbs to LED's and added LED strips to a few other places on the rear of my 87' VR. I have a set of pics in "My Albums" that show the placement of the load resistors for the turn signals. I have attached a pic of the results and more pics and a description of the install are in my profile. I didn't use a circut board and with careful shopping I did the entire light swap for about $50.00 give or take a few $$. I am actually adding another "running light" LED strip and an LED "brake light" strip this weekend and will add the lighting pics to "my albums" when completed.

I didn't spend a lot of time calculating candle power but used the "by eye" method. If I plugged in the LED and it was brighter, I used it. I would like to add that the use of the LED's decreased the power consumption from the battery HUGELY! Actavation of the brake lights barely shows on my amp gage now as apposed to the MAJOR DRAW the old 1157 bulbs put on the charging system.

Just My Thoughts,

Earl

 

Hey Earl,where did you buy those bulbs and what size resistor did you have to use ????

How do you manage to do all this work without a bike lift ????????:D

 

ps.Send my love to Jean...... :crackup:

[KiteSquid]

I added updates to the original post, so you might want to re-read it.

[geep]

All I could find are 2357 NA and once you cut the pin off, I found that they don't flash, still looking for 2357A