Timeline for Can I reprogram my car for LED turn signals?
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| Apr 21, 2013 at 4:27 | comment | added | Ukko | @R.. You are right, it does operate by heating up. That is why the flash is faster when there is less resistance in the circuit, less energy is dissipated in the circuit so it is consumed by the heating. | |
| Apr 18, 2013 at 16:53 | vote | accept | Sponge Bob | ||
| Apr 15, 2013 at 2:52 | comment | added | R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE | Hmm, I always figured thats what flashers were, but maybe it's a type of circuit breaker that operates from heating up...? | |
| Apr 15, 2013 at 2:51 | comment | added | Sponge Bob | I do appreciate the answer, but I did the math, and it is not a simple RC circuit. The measured values for what the capacitance of what "the capacitor" should be do not work out to the hypothetical frequency. :( | |
| Apr 15, 2013 at 2:30 | comment | added | R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE | Hopefully the computer is just monitoring the rate of the on/off cycle to give the indicator. If the whole cycle were controlled by the computer, wouldn't get faster like it's doing. | |
| Apr 15, 2013 at 2:28 | comment | added | Sponge Bob | I will do a little research on this. If it is simply an RC circuit then it should be no problem, but if it is controlled by the computer it will be more complicated. And yes, I could use resistors, but I would prefer not to waste 20watts on running lights - if I don't have to. | |
| Apr 15, 2013 at 2:20 | history | answered | R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE | CC BY-SA 3.0 |