Dual LED Blinker-Solved the Problem!!!!

[TimmyB]

I have the dual white/amber 3157 LED bulbs from V-Leds that never worked properly, I had them installed with the 3ohm 50 watt resistors and after I used the blinkers the white parking light wouldnt light up for after a minute or so. I finally got them working tonight, I ended up using a 1.2ohm 50 watt resistor and they work perfect. I tried a 7ohm 50 watt resistor before that and they wouldnt even light up.

Problem solved!!!!

[Scottina06]

good job Timmy!

[tman4024]

Great news Timmy! Glad all this work has paid off!

[eddiefig]

I have the dual white/amber 3157 LED bulbs from V-Leds that never worked properly, I had them installed with the 3ohm 50 watt resistors and after I used the blinkers the white parking light wouldnt light up for after a minute or so. I finally got them working tonight, I ended up using a 1.2ohm 50 watt resistor and they work perfect. I tried a 7ohm 50 watt resistor before that and they wouldnt even light up.

Problem solved!!!!

PLEEEEEEEEEAAASEE!! tell me where you got that resistor. I am begging you. I am in THE SAME boat. I remember talking with you on here a little ways back about this. Did you sit and wait for it to happen? Does it really work perfect now? I think I'm going to cry. Lol.

[TimmyB]

PLEEEEEEEEEAAASEE!! tell me where you got that resistor. I am begging you. I am in THE SAME boat. I remember talking with you on here a little ways back about this. Did you sit and wait for it to happen? Does it really work perfect now? I think I'm going to cry. Lol.


Yes, they do APPEAR to work 100% right. I have had my lights on for two hours now, and they dual LEDs work perfect so far still, where they wouldnt when I had the 3ohm 50 watt resistors in.

I got the 1.2ohm 50 watt resistors off some guy on ebay who was selling 5 resistors for like 10 bucks, he said he had a bunch of used resistors all different kinds. He might still have some, go on ebay and type in 50 watt resistors, thats how I found them. The ones I got are used, but work great.

[TimmyB]

YESSSSS, these 1.2 ohm 50 watt resistors are working perfectly for my dula LED's. Finally, im sooo happy. I tried 7ohm resistors before these ans the white wouldnt even light up, thats why I decided to go down and use the 1.2ohm.

[eddiefig]

Awesome, bro. Thanks SO much. I can't wait.

[TimmyB]

If you cant find them on ebay im sure they sell them online at any electrical website, I ordered a bunch of different ones from that guy but they all look the same, as in same housing but they just have different ratings stamped on them, except the 25 watt resistors are half the size as the 50 watt resistors. I just looked and I dont have anymore of the 1.2ohm's or else I would of just sent you them.

[tman4024]

time to change your sig Timmy :thumbsup:

[eddiefig]

I have the 3 Ohm resistors in too and the lights just go crazy. On, off, fade on, shut off. Just crappy. I really appreciate you pushing forward with it. I've been back and forth with VLEDS with no luck. They have no clue. I wonder if they'd get me some free of charge for the "inconvenience". Lol.

[TimmyB]

time to change your sig Timmy :thumbsup:


Lol, but now I still have to figure out why my brake light fuse blows when I attempt to install these 13watt red LED's in the rear, then I will be completely happy, well with the lights anyways.

[TimmyB]

I have the 3 Ohm resistors in too and the lights just go crazy. On, off, fade on, shut off. Just crappy. I really appreciate you pushing forward with it. I've been back and forth with VLEDS with no luck. They have no clue. I wonder if they'd get me some free of charge for the "inconvenience". Lol.


I actually wrote them when I first had trouble with them, and all they basically said was I must have a voltage leak somewhere. Told me to take a regular bulb and tap into different places with the wireing, yada yada yada, no help. I will update again tomorrow about these 1.2ohm resistors, but like I said they are still working PERFECT after over 2 hours with the lights on now, so I think its fixed.

[eddiefig]

Yup, my luck. No where to be found. I checked ebay and the guy only has one left. I've been checking all morning and I get sent to the same company distributor. Either Vishay/Dale or Ohmite are the makers and there is like a 7 week wait period for these things. WTF!! PLUS, they want a minimum order of 25 at $8 a pop meaning I'd have to spend damn near $200 to get 2 resistors. Lol. Guess I gotta wait. I don't know where else to look. Not many places carry these with the aluminum casing. You lucky S.O.B. Lol. J/K

[eddiefig]

I just looked and I dont have anymore of the 1.2ohm's or else I would of just sent you them.

I really appreciate the offer.

[tman4024]

I did some quick searching during my lunch break on digikey and mouser but couldn't find anything suitable. My advice would be to ask LipschitzWrath he might know of a place to get some.

[eddiefig]

I did some quick searching during my lunch break on digikey and mouser but couldn't find anything suitable. My advice would be to ask LipschitzWrath he might know of a place to get some.

Thats exactly where I've been looking. Seems to be the only 2 that carry them but they don't have them in stock. 7-8 week wait. Every other little site redirects to them.

[eddiefig]

If anyone finds these resistors, PLEASE let me know. I have been looking all morning and always wind back up at Mouser or DigiKey. 1.2 Ohm 50 Watt aluminum housed resistors. Not sure of the tolerance percent but the onlt thing that comes up is 1% or 5%. I dont even know what it means, Lol.

[QBNKID]

Great news Timmy!
Now all we need is to find a source to get the damn resistors.
Hey, how about the guys at V-Leds? Can they get this resistors before us?
Somebody should let them know about this find, this way they will offer the correct resistor on future orders.
Thanks Timmy!

[tman4024]

If anyone finds these resistors, PLEASE let me know. I have been looking all morning and always wind back up at Mouser or DigiKey. 1.2 Ohm 50 Watt aluminum housed resistors. Not sure of the tolerance percent but the onlt thing that comes up is 1% or 5%. I dont even know what it means, Lol.

The tolerance is the % +/- of the given resistance value.

ie. if the resistor is 100 ohms with a tolerance of 1%, your part will have an actual resistance of 99-101 ohms. The lower the tolerance the more expensive the resistor.

[TimmyB]

I know, I did get lucky finding those on ebay. I saw he had a bunch of used resistors all different ohm,s so I bought two lots of 5 but he sent 7 in each package, I have a few 3,7, and 200 ohm 50 watt resistors and two 4ohm 25 watt resistors. I just triple checked and I only have the two 1.2ohm ones I have installed right now.

Last week someone on here PM'd me saying he is good with electrical and asked if he could help, I told him I planned on trying different resistors. I'll send him a PM to see if he knows where to get anymore or if he can think of something else to do, like maybe hooking up two common found resistors to get a 1.2ohm load somehow.

And im really surprised V-Leds didnt know about this as its what they do and sell LEDs and resistors and im sure they have had people write about problems like this before. But now im wondering why I need a 1.2ohm when other WK owners just need the 3ohm?

[TimmyB]

If they only sell in lots of 25 then maybe can setup a group buy on here. Id take two more just to have for extra's.

[TimmyB]

I did some quick searching during my lunch break on digikey and mouser but couldn't find anything suitable. My advice would be to ask LipschitzWrath he might know of a place to get some.


Oh, he's the one that offered to help me out, Lipschitzwrath. Wonder if he has any laying around. Lol.

[TimmyB]

This place says they will make any resistor you want.

http://www.milwaukeeresistor.com/?gclid=CMilwsHipp0CFado5QodsCA53A

Here's there metal cased resistors.

http://www.milwaukeeresistor.com/metalcase.html

[TimmyB]

So two 3 ohm 25 watt resistors wired in parallel will give you a 1.5 ohm 50 watt load. That should work.

[eddiefig]

So two 3 ohm 25 watt resistors wired in parallel will give you a 1.5 ohm 50 watt load. That should work.

LMAO! I forgot all about that. Totally slipped my mind. The guy only had one 1.2 Ohm left. I'll use that for one side and the other two in parallel on the other. I hope it works.

[Chuck]

Nice, I'm very happy you solved the problem. I say you guys should contact V-LEDs and let them know about the problem and even mention what resistor works. Maybe they can make some or supply them.

[tman4024]

Problem is that it seems to vary per application as to what resistors are needed. I believe Frankie has the same setup but has used different resistors.

[Chuck]

Problem is that it seems to vary per application as to what resistors are needed. I believe Frankie has the same setup but has used different resistors.

I agree, for my WJ I used 6ohm resistors and no problems there.

[TimmyB]

Nice, I'm very happy you solved the problem. I say you guys should contact V-LEDs and let them know about the problem and even mention what resistor works. Maybe they can make some or supply them.


Sorry to say but F V-Leds.com, they didnt seem to help or do any research on there own product, they had my money for the bulbs and left me to feel it was my problem to figure out.

Now at least people on this site know to either use a 6, 3, or 1.2 ohm 50 watt resistor. And it is a little odd it does seem to vary from WK's about which resistor is needed. One would assume since its a 3157 stock bulb then the same resistor would work with all applications, but thats not the case. Now I just hope these dual LEDs dont burn out as quick as my interior LEDs seem to be. If they dont last the life that I have my car i'll be pissed because of the cost of them and just switch back to stock instead of buying replacements. Im surprised dual bulbs havent popped up on ebay sold from china or something for cheaper.

[TimmyB]

Oh, and just an update on how they are working with the 1.2 ohm 50 watt resistors, I drove to work this morning with my lights on for about 40 min and I checked them out in the lot parked right in back of a truck so I could see the lights reflection, after using the blinker the white would light up 2 seconds after. It was not instant, and I was counting by "mississippi's", Lol. Both lights were consistant and work great IMO.

[B.P.O.D]

your interior leds were from v-leds?

[eddiefig]

I have been back and forth with VLEDs and he knows about this. I told him someone here deserves the credit for fixing th problem. He did say that he found that the '07 Jeeps have a separate circuit for the front and rear lights therefore there is no need for the higher resistance. I told him about hooking the two 3 Ohm resistors in parallel to acheive 1.5 Ohms and his response was like a light went off in his head. He told me to try it and let him know how it works. If it works, he will look into carrying 1.2 Ohm resistors. My next thing is to tell him that anyone who reported the LED problem should recieve a free set of resistors.

[B.P.O.D]

anyone know how this works for an 08? anyone try the dual turns with an 08?

[TimmyB]

Nope, mines an 05.

And sorry to say but V-Leds has no clue what they are talking about. I put in a 13 watt red LED 3157 bulb in my rear blinker and got it working properly with a 7 ohm 50 watt resistor back there, but it didnt change the way the dual front led worked what so ever.

Im not just bashing V-Leds for the hell of it either, I really dont expect them to test out all there bulbs in every single make and model car, but at least answer my dam emails and TRY to help out on a product they sell. Thats why.

[B.P.O.D]

ok guys so im also buying these today or tom...

i found a new link what do you guys think of these? will these fit?
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/Turn-Signal-LED/White-LED/TYPE-2-DUAL-COLOR-CHANGING-p7472046.html

they have more leds so they should be even brighter than the older ones (http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/Turn-Signal-LED/White-LED/TYPE-2-DUAL-COLOR-CHANGING-p5846227-1-2.html)

in the new ones the page description states "If you have an Jeep Cherokee SRT8 you will need a pair of 3 ohm resistors wired into the high element turn signal wire."

LOLOL i bet this was after timmy and eddie complained!

[B.P.O.D]

^^^ bump

[eddiefig]

ok guys so im also buying these today or tom...

i found a new link what do you guys think of these? will these fit?
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/Turn-Signal-LED/White-LED/TYPE-2-DUAL-COLOR-CHANGING-p7472046.html

they have more leds so they should be even brighter than the older ones (http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/Turn-Signal-LED/White-LED/TYPE-2-DUAL-COLOR-CHANGING-p5846227.html)

in the new ones the page description states "If you have an Jeep Cherokee SRT8 you will need a pair of 3 ohm resistors wired into the high element turn signal wire."

LOLOL i bet this was after timmy and eddie complained!

I did see that and tried it and it didn't work. I honestly forgot which bulbs I got but they were only $54.99. That $80 seems high unless thats what you were looking to get.

[B.P.O.D]

yeah those new bulbs have more led's in them 80vs48. i was wondering which ones to get. they are out of stock on the resistors too:(

[TimmyB]

Well I have the 48 led per bulb and they are super bright, so I dont see the reason to spend the extra money. And I dont get how they would be out of stock on resistors, but ok. lol. Try ebay or just google the resistors you want, I have found places that sell them for the same or even cheaper.

And I think they had that comment about the 3ohm resistors for the srt8 before when I bought mine. Meaning instead of the 6ohm for regular WK's they recommend one 3ohm per bulb on srt's instead, at least thats what I got off reading it.

I just checked out those larger bulbs and I really dont think its worth the extra money since the smaller ones like I have are great and def bright enough. Up to you, but I wouldnt bother.

[B.P.O.D]

awesome!!! that was the answer i was looking for :)

did you get my text?

[TimmyB]

awesome!!! that was the answer i was looking for :)

did you get my text?


I dont get texts, my work pays for my cell and they shut my texting off after I kept getting $300 charges a month for too many texts, and it makes zero sence but they wont add unlimited texting for the $10 extra a month. Plus im cheap so im not about to go get another cell, I hardly even use it when im not working anyways and just leave it in my car. Haha.

[TimmyB]

And that srt comment V-Leds has is def old, since they only carry 3ohm 50 watt or 6ohm 50 watt resistors, and wiring two together would give you a 100 watt load which isnt correct for whats needed I believe. One would need two 3ohm 25 watt resistors wired up.