Mfc-01 Help Needed Please.....

[SWAGGER]

Hi all,

Really hoping someone can help me out.

For those who know the Knight Hauler, there are two orange/amber blinkers on the the air cleaners, just begging to be lit up. Looks really easy too, they even have little holes for LED's and cover plates like all the rest of the lights. Problem is, the MFC-01 does not provide extra blinker lights for them.

I have seen it done, on a You Tube vid of someones truck. I figured, can't be to hard, just splice to more front blinkers into the two existing ones, one each side, right? Well, did that and they don't work.

First thing I did was chop off the existing front blinkers and temporarily connected up the new LED's that I wanted to add in. They worked fine, green is neg and yellow is pos. Sorted.

So then I splice in the new LED with the existing one, solder it all up really neatly and even have a neat heatshrink job done. There is no logical reason for this not to work, but it doesn't.

It's like they the new LED's are not even there, I am still at square one, ie, the originals work as they always did and both of the new ones are non functional.

I know the LED's worked before I soldered them in.

I have seen and heard of loads of people adding in extra lights, dipped, full, front, rear and so on, but has anyone here ever added in extra blinkers on an MFC-01?

It should work shouldn't it?

Thanks guys!

[blakeatron]

I added loads of extra LED's to a Scania just like you mentioned with no problems!

Have you tried using 2 new bulbs instead of 1 new and 1 old?

[SWAGGER]

Thanks mate, that's exactly what I was just wondering, what type of LED's are most suitable. I just had a bunch of LED's in my toolbox. Don't know what voltage they are, never even thought of it until today. I'm guessing they must be automotive as I have used them in my car with no issues for back-lighting the heating and air con controls. That would make them 12V I suppose. Ill head out tomorrow and buy a **** load of 3V in in both 3mm and 5 mm and maybe in a few different colors. Ill try them out tomorrow evening and post back hopefully with good news!

Thanks again for the tip!

I think I have it figured out, someone told me they should be 3V LED's. I just had a bunch of LED's that a friend gave me, don't have any spec on them, but I am guessing that they are 12V. Will get some 3V LED's tomorrow and try them out.

Thanks!