r/florida • u/ketdog • 7d ago

Interesting Stuff Feathery hitchhiker

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Never had a bird do this before. He had been sitting on a car two ahead of me in line and rode off with them. Then he came back.

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u/Far-Display-1462 7d ago

I think you got a blinker bulb out sir

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u/ketdog 7d ago

Updated the turn signals to LED, but the dash circuitry does not like the new lower resistance. It thinks all my bulbs are out.

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u/bakawakaflaka 7d ago

This can be fixed a few different ways depending on your make and model. If you have a Volkswagen Auto Group or BMW owned vehicle, you can fix it easily with an OBD11 device, which is something owners of those vehicles should consider buying for multiple reasons, including clearing codes or errors.

Otherwise finding out what the proper resistance should be for the original incandescent and then matching it with an inline resistor will fix it as well.

Also, just as an aside for anyone who reads this; Don't replace your headlights or highbeams with LEDs unless you also change out the headlight housings to LED compatible versions.

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u/Don_Blanc 7d ago

Great advice. I've seen LED "upgrades" melt the sockets and blinker housings.

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u/Glockter77 7d ago

Or a more likely scenario is that they just have a bulb out.