Getting ready to install my STS turn signal kits when I read here about changing to an "electronic flasher". Haven't heard of those. Are they readily available and can I get a direct replacement for my current flasher?
Without starting another thread I have another question. The third light from the outside on my car has a double element bulb in it on both sides. I thought it was supposed to have a single element bulb. It has 2 wires going to it, a brown and a black. Looking into the connector it only has one contact in it. I can see where one side of the double element bulb makes contact with the one connector internally. However, the bulb doesn't light up on either side, whether with brake lights applied or turn signals. Is it a running light?
Originally posted by raysr11: The third light from the outside on my car has a double element bulb in it on both sides. I thought it was supposed to have a single element bulb. It has 2 wires going to it, a brown and a black. Looking into the connector it only has one contact in it. I can see where one side of the double element bulb makes contact with the one connector internally. However, the bulb doesn't light up on either side, whether with brake lights applied or turn signals. Is it a running light?
Mean a notchy? ALL uses 6 2057 bulbs but Only 84 uses 6 as brake/turn. All later use 4 brake/turn, 6 tail lights. New socket needed to using 3 bulb STS.
I've run into one more problem. On the instructions it says to connect the red wire to the inside lamp. The inside lamp is the one with 2 wires, one brown and one black. Is there something I'm missing here? Or should the red wire be connected to the center lamp which has the two yellow wires coming out of it? Also, do both the turn signal flasher and emergency flasher need to changed?
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Help! On my electrical diagram that I have with my STS1 kit it says to hook up the red wire from the module to the "inside" socket. I replaced the inside socket with a new double element socket. I'm trying to verify that hooking the red wire to the "inside" socket is the correct way. The inside socket has only 2 wires going to it from the main wiring and one free wire that according to the diagram hooks up to the red wire. However in the diagram it shows it hooking up to the "existing wire" which the replacement inside socket does not. The main wire from the car goes to the "middle" socket then splits off to the "outside" socket. The wiring diagram seems to be for the passenger side of the car. Do I connect the free wire from the inside socket to the "main" wire on the middle socket to power up the second element and then hook the red wire to it and proceed with the others? I'm sure the way I've written this is confusing.
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Web Electronics said to move the inner socket to the middle position and then hook up the wires according to the diagram. So all I have to do now is determine which of the yellow wires on the middle socket go to the outer socket.
Originally posted by AL87: One could use these with LEDs and not have to put some sort of resistor or ballast in to compensate for the lack of power draw, would they?
Fiero doesn't need ballast resistor. Just use electronic flasher because they don't care about bulb load to work.
I got them up and lighting. They work great. I went through the rear panel where "85GT_3800C did in this thread https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/122383.html. On second thought I should have moved to a hole closer to the center. I trimmed the wires off too short from the module and had to go back an lengthen them because by moving the middle socket to the inside my wires were too short. If I hadn't shortened them they would've worked better. Anybody have an idea how long the modules will last? Like anything electronic it's probably "who knows".
I got them up and lighting. They work great. I went through the rear panel where "85GT_3800C did in this thread https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/122383.html. On second thought I should have moved to a hole closer to the center. I trimmed the wires off too short from the module and had to go back an lengthen them because by moving the middle socket to the inside my wires were too short. If I hadn't shortened them they would've worked better. Anybody have an idea how long the modules will last? Like anything electronic it's probably "who knows".
Thank you. I already have the sequential units, but I didn't know ahead of time that the electronic flasher was needed. Autozone is just a few blocks away.
