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Old 09-01-2016, 10:36 PM   #1
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Do signal lights work with led ligths? In the old days we did not use them in hot rods because they did not work because the led lights would not put enough load on the flasher to blink, I guess in a boxster the flasher is electronic and not electromechanic?
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Old 09-02-2016, 01:48 AM   #2
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If you replace Boxster turn signal lights with LEDs you have to swap to an electronic switch relay ( CF14JL-02 Flasher) which accepts 12V range 0.2A - 20A.
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Old 09-02-2016, 09:33 AM   #3
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you also need to make sure that you got the polarity right.
on regular bulbs it doesn't matter, on LED it does.
on the boxster the external contact is the positive, and the center is ground.
opposite than most vehicles and of the shelf LED bulbs.
this is the back plate on a boxster.




and this is a standard LED bulb i got from autozone i believe.



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