Re: 69 RR ... halogens and LED halos
[Re: Stanton]
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11/18/20 11:18 AM
11/18/20 11:18 AM
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burdar
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Are the halo lights powered by only 1 wire or are they powered by 2? If they are powered by only 1 wire, I'm not sure how you would do it. Maybe there is a controller that you could purchase that would do the switching. If the halos are powered by two wires there should be a "running light" side and a "turn signal" side. On my 68 Dart, I will be running some "flashback" LEDs in the grill for driving/turn signals. The factory used a two filament bulb...one side was a parking light and the other side was a turn signal. I pulled the parking light wire out of the headlight switch and ran it to the blue ignition wire. This will turn on the "white" running lights whenever the ignitiion is in the "run" position. The video below shows how it is supposed to work. The switching from white to amber is controlled internally. Not sure if any of this helps you at all. Good luck with the install. Post pictures/video if you get it figured out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nactAwM4Wtw
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Re: 69 RR ... halogens and LED halos
[Re: burdar]
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11/18/20 02:23 PM
11/18/20 02:23 PM
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Stanton
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Are the halo lights powered by only 1 wire or are they powered by 2? If they are powered by only 1 wire, I'm not sure how you would do it. Maybe there is a controller that you could purchase that would do the switching. If the halos are powered by two wires there should be a "running light" side and a "turn signal" side. The halos are two wire BUT one will be a ground I presume since there's no other ground - unlike a stock turn signal/running light which is two wire but grounded through the housing and/or a separate ground wire.
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Re: 69 RR ... halogens and LED halos
[Re: burdar]
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11/18/20 02:30 PM
11/18/20 02:30 PM
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moparx
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a lot of new[er] vehicles turn off the DLR's when using the halo lights for turn signals. it seems at night, the halo's [or whatever decorative shape is used] are brighter than the headlights. i'm not sure if this is a factor that is controlled by the BCM [or whatever computer that controls the lights] or the lights have a double "filament" function. i have been playing around with LED strip lighting for a custom installation, and that will be using strips of two different candle power. i know this is not pertinent to the discussion, but may be similar to how the new[er] stuff works.
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Re: 69 RR ... halogens and LED halos
[Re: burdar]
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11/18/20 02:54 PM
11/18/20 02:54 PM
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moparx
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that link you provided may be how the OEM's control the halo's. obviously they don't use this product, but this concept is more than likely used in the computer that controls the lights. thanks for the link. i might get one of these and try it out on my project.
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