Expected installation difficulties
The fashion for integrating LED lamps into cars came quickly, and significant pitfalls were immediately discovered when converting them. Regarding the turns of cars of the VAZ family (in particular the VAZ-2110), they manifest themselves in the fact that the frequency of blinking of the turn signal headlights increases.
The reasons for this phenomenon are as follows: LEDs operate at higher resistance values compared to conventional lamps. Therefore, when turned on in this way, they heat up more intensely. As a result, the plate simply heats up, as a result of which the electrical circuit opens.
When the light bulb burns out, the resistance drops sharply, causing the warning light to blink faster. You can replace a regular lamp with an LED, but this does not fundamentally change anything, so you will have to modify the turn relay for LEDs with your own hands.
Solution options
The solution to the problem is described in great detail and high quality in the video, and below we will look at all the options in more detail:
- In parallel with the LEDs, you can include a ballast resistor in the relay circuit (the choice depends on the make of the car, for a VAZ-2110, for example, it is 2.2 kOhm);
- Instead of a resistor, simply add a regular lamp in parallel;
- In the circuit, replace the capacitor with a more capacitive one;
- In parallel to the existing one, you can solder another capacitor with the same capacity.
Each option has its pros and cons. For example, if there is a ballast resistor, the electrical circuit of the turn signal relay will simply increase its power consumption, which will affect the battery life. The resistors will heat up and this will lead to a decrease in the light output of conventional lamps.
Parallel connection of another lamp is associated with difficulties in its safe installation in the same housing. By adding an additional capacitor to the circuit, you will have to come to terms with the fact that the blinking frequency of the direction indicator will significantly decrease (however, in the current rules there are no restrictions on the blinking frequency of LEDs).
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