Thread: Don't replace brake and indicator incandescent bulbs with LEDs.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I watch this bloke's YouTube channel and was watching this one on turn signal flashers.

I watch him too. Sufficiently eccentric to make most topics interesting.

Am I missing something here?

If you replace ALL bulbs with LED they should be in sync across the vehicle.

I think a bigger problem is with some Merc sedans that enter roundabouts, I'm giving way, they have no indicator showing until the front of their car is pointing towards me that they're actually turning right.

It's happened so often that I'm sure they've put the indicator on............ but you can't see it till they've turned 90 degrees.

Self ADR certification maybe?

dunno, DL

Originally Posted by Tombie

Am I missing something here?

If you replace ALL bulbs with LED they should be in sync across the vehicle.

He’s referring to syncing different vehicles, not the lights across one vehicle.

Originally Posted by 350RRC

I think a bigger problem is with some Merc sedans that enter roundabouts, I'm giving way, they have no indicator showing until the front of their car is pointing towards me that they're actually turning right.

It's happened so often that I'm sure they've put the indicator on............ but you can't see it till they've turned 90 degrees.

Self ADR certification maybe?

dunno, DL

There are a huge number of vehicles similar,that is the indicators are not visible until the vehicle is front on.As said,a real pain when negotiating roundabouts

I queried this with a motoring jurno a few years ago,and his comment was indicator rules world wide are impossible to change.
And they wont change them just for Aus,because many vehicles we get here are made for the world market.

Apparently the rules for indicators are very old,and were put into place before roundabouts became more common.

Seems we are not changing with the times on this issue.

Originally Posted by scarry

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Apparently the rules for indicators are very old,and were put into place before roundabouts became more common.

Seems we are not changing with the times on this issue.

I'm pretty sure that repeaters on quarter panels were mandated in the ADR's at some stage late 70's.

74 RRC doesn't have them, 81 RRC did. The 1990 Courier ute I have has them.

Now it seems no cars do.

DL

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Now it seems no cars do.

DL

Course they do. They put 'em on the outer edge of the door mirror so that the driver can see that they're working.

Originally Posted by Tins

Course they do. They put 'em on the outer edge of the door mirror so that the driver can see that they're working.

I think you’ve nailed it.

Took me a while to train my eye to check towards the door for an indicator.