Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior WARNING for all with led blinker

Yesterday I took my car to the shop because my blinkers were not workin. Found out that led blinker BULBS are too high wattage for the stock wiring. The electrician took apart the signal relay and showed me the inside and it was burned...so if any of you guys have led bulbs take them out. He said I got lucky it was just the relay and not the wiring...

thats really strange are you sure there wasnt a short somewhere ?

leds take less curent then normal bulbs and wattage is a function of current
watts = current x voltage

That's what I was thinking, how long have you had those bulbs for?

i had them for about 6 months...

thats wat the guy told me and he actually showed me my burnt relay

a led can only handel about 2 milliamps you had a short somewhere

if ya don't belive me go get a led and hook it straight ot a led it will burn isntaly and open the circet

the relay was still clickin but the arrow never lit up...after he changed the relay they started workin again

relays do go bad jsut think about how many times your turnsigal has gone on and off .. i think you just had a bad relay

i guess...oh well all good now tho, i got a new relay yesterday hehehe

one time in my jetta i had to drive home at like 11 at ngiht with no headlights cause a relay burned out i kept putting my high beams on and off people were

thats weird..I got the pure JDM L.E.D's for my rear turing signals..they work jsut fine as use so much less power than reg bulbs..had them for 3 months now..no probs yet..

i had mine for a loong time...hopefully nothing happens to yours

thats wierd. i ahve leds for my lice plte and city light and no prblem

its weird because i had the city lights too but my led's stopped working after a month...but works fine when i plug in regular bulbs...

Did you guys have to run a resistor to make the relays work right??