LED indicators advice/help - load resistors

[Jendy]

Hey everyone, I'm thinking about changing over to LED reverse lights for a bit more oomph in the dark (without adding extra lights and so on). Then I thought why stop there?!? Why not do them all!

From what I have read the indicators is not simply replacing the globes with LEDs, but adding load resistors, which is all good so far. I've also read that for each indicator globe I replace, I need to add a load resistor.

My query is, does it matter where in the circuit I place the load resistor? For example on my D40, would it matter if I replaced all 3 globes on one side (front, side and rear - left or right) and placed all 3 load resistors in the engine bay where its easy access/mounting? Or do I need to place each load resistor near the globe itself? Now that I am typing, I wonder if you can get larger load resistors so the whole circuit only needs one larger one...?

Any thoughts on this would be awesome - thanks!

 

[Aussie Frontier]

All the load resistors are doing is make the traficator( the thing that makes the lights blink ) think it has the same amount of load. In theory it doesnt matter where you put them as long as its connected to the indicator circuit.

 

[Jendy]

That's what I thought/hoped.

Have you or anyone else heard of having to put resistors in on the brake lights?

 

[Aussie Frontier]

You only need them on the indicators. Brake and reverse dont care if the load is less

 

[Jendy]

Awesome - thanks legend!

 

[Aussie Frontier]

I have everything led and then some ,,,apart from the main indicators. Basically too lazy to do them

 

[smithbro]

You should do it the proper way and replace the flasher relay with a LED flasher. Heaps better than having massive resistors hanging around your indicators.