city lights

[maxtog]

City lights small.  Headlights big.  Me like big.

Every little bit counts!

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I'm thinking that a load resistor won't help in this case.   

It occurs to me that a load resistor in parallel (this example) will REDUCE the system resistance.  It should be in series, as the goal is to increase the resistance  Incandescents have more resistance than LEDs, and the load resistor is adding that missing resistance.

Yes, I know this is an old thread.  But it linked to recently.

dat
sax
man

[B.D.F.]

All that resistor in that schematic would so is to serve to create another current path, thereby converting some of the bike's current into heat. No effect on the city lights. It will serve to increase the chaos in the universe but what is the point of that, really?

Unless I am missing something.??

Brian

It occurs to me that a load resistor in parallel (this example) will REDUCE the system resistance.  It should be in series, as the goal is to increase the resistance  Incandescents have more resistance than LEDs, and the load resistor is adding that missing resistance.

Yes, I know this is an old thread.  But it linked to recently.

dat
sax
man

[maxtog]

There is no need for a load resistor anywhere on the C14 unless we are talking about replacing the turn signals with LED bulbs and WITHOUT replacing the flasher unit/relay with a solid state one (which is far, far easier and better in every way).

The diagram is definitely not about city lights.  And not really about turn signals either.  It looks like it is trying to be a combination replacement turn signal bulb/brake light/tail light thing for a single bulb.  I don't see an application for that on the C14, unless I, too, am missing something.  We already have an LED brake light, and it would be illegal to turn a yellow rear turn signal into a tail/running and/or brake light (unless also changing it to red... but that would lower the effectiveness of the turn signal, which being yellow is far superior to red).  Unless it is one of those new/fancy/coolness color-changing bulbs.  Hmm...  which just brings one back to just replacing the flasher unit with a solid-state one

[556ALPHA]

Max, got the yellow LED's in. Nice change. Thanks.

[maxtog]

Max, got the yellow LED's in. Nice change. Thanks.