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What causes hyper flashing?

What causes hyper flashing?

Hyperflashing is when the turn signals blink faster than your stock incandescent bulbs did. This happens because your new LED bulbs draw such little power that your turn signal relay sees the bulbs as being out. Hyperflashing is when the turn signals blink faster than your stock incandescent bulbs did.

Can a hyper Flasher cause an LED bulb to go out?

Hyper flashing does not cause any damage to the vehicle’s flasher unit or the LED bulbs, but it can be annoying. You can fix this issue by changing your flasher unit to one that is LED capable or by adding load resistors.

How do you change the light bulb on an Audi?

If you have an Audi, BMW or VW vehicle with CANBUS, then place your original OEM bulb back in the housing, turn on your vehicle for five minutes to insure that your lights work. Then shut off your car, remove the key and replace the bulb with the LED.

Can a 2010 Silverado be converted to led?

So I completed a full LED conversion on my 2010 Silverado over the weekend. All exterior bulbs are now LED (minus heads, fogs). However, I specifically purchased these LEDs that have the built in “canbus” base / load resistor so I wouldn’t have to screw around with buying / installing additional load resistors.

Hyper flashing does not cause any damage to the vehicle’s flasher unit or the LED bulbs, but it can be annoying. You can fix this issue by changing your flasher unit to one that is LED capable or by adding load resistors.

If you have an Audi, BMW or VW vehicle with CANBUS, then place your original OEM bulb back in the housing, turn on your vehicle for five minutes to insure that your lights work. Then shut off your car, remove the key and replace the bulb with the LED.

So I completed a full LED conversion on my 2010 Silverado over the weekend. All exterior bulbs are now LED (minus heads, fogs). However, I specifically purchased these LEDs that have the built in “canbus” base / load resistor so I wouldn’t have to screw around with buying / installing additional load resistors.

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Ruth Doyle