Brad Hillis Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 So I'm a service member and wanted to take my journey around the world with me, So in the United Kingdom, your park lights need to be white (US they are a dim amber), so I got these bulbs (Pic attached) and they work great when the car engine is off anyways. I had to put the resistor in for the turn signal (amber color) to avoid the "hyper flashing" and so everything works as it should, however when I power the car up, when park lights are off, I get the bulb giving me both amber and white for a turn signal (its suppose to alternate between the two colors if the park lights where on), and when the park lights are on, I get a slight flicker from the driver side one but not the passenger side one. If the white park lights are on, and I turn my signal on, it works the right way by going from amber to white to amber again.Anyone have any ideas? Maybe a relay with a capacitor? Link of them working (with engine off)https://fbcdn-video-g-a.akamaihd.net/hvideo-ak-xpa1/v/t43.1792-2/10930572_857430654320283_1493506455_n.mp4?rl=1500&vabr=309&oh=6c760d2b28e85a3cc4f41c8541c68174&oe=54BECCDE&__gda__=1421790469_36283d40a641c362d160ef3dfc945ccd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Hillis Posted January 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 So I did figure it out, just encase anyone else runs accross the same issue, I added in a 16V (your alternator will sometimes charge up to 14v so stick with a 16v to be safe) 1000UF (uf is the rating for how much energy the capcaitor will be able to store) capacitor and the flicker issues are gone. Just search ebay for them, thats what I did, I paid like $3 for ten of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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