[T3] LEDs for directionals

[Jim Adney]

On 19 May 2022 at 10:11, Max Welton wrote:

> Interesting description Jim. Thanks.
> 
> The first relay came from my old 68 but whether it was original to that car
> I don't know.
> 
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2182190.jpg

The relay in my '68  was a much smaller box with just 3 terminals. That might 
have been a midyear change, but I don't find any evidence of that. '69-70 got 
a very slightly different relay that had 4 terminals, when VW added ground 
wires for everything.

> The new one came from West Coast Metric and looks very much like the one I
> replaced.
> 
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2291206.jpg

My impression of the flasher relays with lots of terminals is that this all 
happened while someone wasn't paying attention, so a WAY too 
complicated design was accepted, until a few years later, when cooler heads 
prevailed. The same thing happened with the '68-9 master cylinder, but that 
took someone thinking outside the box to make it work.

> Superbrightleds do offer this resistor kit for those experiencing the
> behaviors you described.
> 
> https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/flashers-load-resistors/led-light-load-resistor-kit-led-turn-signal-hyper-flash-warning-fix/190/831/?accessory_of=2625-recommended

Unfortunate and silly to waste power in a resistor just so you can install 
power saving LEDs. I suspect this mod ends up using more power in the 
end, making the whole effort expensive AND pointless. Hope you didn't have 
to go down that hole.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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