LED resistors burnt out
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LED resistors burnt out
To whom it may concern,
I have a 2008 corvette c6. Recently I changed all of the lights to LED's. I put 30 W 3 ohm resistors on the front DRLs because the lights were hyperflashing. They were working fine until I recently changed from an AC Delco battery (because it died) to the optima yellow top battery. Now the resistors blew out. I smelled them burning. How do I fix it? Any suggestions? Thank you.
I have a 2008 corvette c6. Recently I changed all of the lights to LED's. I put 30 W 3 ohm resistors on the front DRLs because the lights were hyperflashing. They were working fine until I recently changed from an AC Delco battery (because it died) to the optima yellow top battery. Now the resistors blew out. I smelled them burning. How do I fix it? Any suggestions? Thank you.
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To whom it may concern,
I have a 2008 corvette c6. Recently I changed all of the lights to LED's. I put 30 W 3 ohm resistors on the front DRLs because the lights were hyperflashing. They were working fine until I recently changed from an AC Delco battery (because it died) to the optima yellow top battery. Now the resistors blew out. I smelled them burning. How do I fix it? Any suggestions? Thank you.
I have a 2008 corvette c6. Recently I changed all of the lights to LED's. I put 30 W 3 ohm resistors on the front DRLs because the lights were hyperflashing. They were working fine until I recently changed from an AC Delco battery (because it died) to the optima yellow top battery. Now the resistors blew out. I smelled them burning. How do I fix it? Any suggestions? Thank you.
I would try at least 6 ohm X 30W which would dissapate 24W --- which is still high for a 30W resistor. A better answer would be to connect 2 3 ohm X 30W resistors in series which would dissapate a total of 24W but only 12 W per resistor. I suspect that doubling or even 5X the resistance will still not flash. The other thing to consider is the mounting and placement of the resistors as they must be able to dissipate the heat --- and yes I am a physicist.
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the resistance due to the weak battery may have started the failure and they just died. Ecklers used to sell a replacement relay for folks with led lights. I actually like the hyperflash. I have new resistors that I never used.
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