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Old 10-12-2004, 11:43 PM
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Question 194 Bulb Not Working!

Ok so the problem is...and i know people had some trouble with this but...its really annoying and ok here it goes...I bought an 6LED 194 bulb for the sidemarkers and when i install it, all it does is..FLASH FLASH FLASH..then off then FLASH FLASH FLASH again and iono what i can do...please help thanx
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Did the same thing for me when I tried that. I said heck with it and put the old bulb back in. I sold the new bulb on Ebay and got some of my money back. I didn't want to play with it.
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that sucks...i really want these to work cuz i dont like that yellow wierd color...cuz the side markers are clear so it looks nasty with the original ones on...blah thanx though hope someone can answer it..
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My bulb type is a 168... But I think 194 should work too!
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When you put in LED based bulbs you need to add a resistor. STFF
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Yes it already has 2 resistors but im guessing their not strong enough...think i could change em?
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LED's are directional. Diodes only work in one direction, so try flipping the bulb around.
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yea i tried everything i could with those bulbs..just wonderin...i heard something called load equalizer is the thing i need but i dont know where to get em cheap
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load equalizer i believe is the resistor they are referring to i believe.
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yea i tried everything i could with those bulbs..just wonderin...i heard something called load equalizer is the thing i need but i dont know where to get em cheap
Oh no; you fell for that trap also. Jerry coined that phrase when all it is is a prepackaged resistor with terminals for installation. Load equalizer = resistor link
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so ur saying, just slap on bigger resistors??
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Aight, I just got my bulbs in also, and yup, no go on the side markers. I did a search on "load equalizers" .. learned the information, and tryed to find a post about where to purchase them? Any help here guys? Thanks!

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haha, ignore my post. formymercedes.com has them. The one sight, I didn't check!

http://www.formymercedes.com/mb_resu...cement%20Bulbs

Scroll all the way down, and you will see it!

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