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Old 02-12-2009, 08:04 PM
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Background info:

Our corner lamps are dual filament bulbs which have 3 wires:
Red +12V parking lamp
Green +12V blinker
Black 0V ground
(colors may vary, check your manual or use a multimeter)

The sidemarker has a single filament, which has 2 wires:
Red +12V
Black 0v ground


How do you want it to be wired? There are 3 options...

Option 1:
-Sidemarker is illuminated (providing your parking lamps are on)
-Otherwise, sidemarker is off (it will not blink)

Option 2::
-Sidemarker and blinker blink in phase (at the same time)
-Otherwise, sidemarker is off

Option 3:
-Sidemarker and blinker blink out of phase (alternate illumination)
-Otherwise, sidemarker is illuminated (providing your parking lamps are on)


How do you wire them up?

Option1-
Connect Red to Red.
Connect Black to Black.

Option2-
Connect Green to Red.
Connect Black to Black.

Option3-
Connect Red to Red.
Connect Green to Black.


The reason/how option 3 works…

When the parking lights are on, +12V is on the positive side of the sidemarker and the blinker, being off, sends no voltage (0V) to the negative side. This +12V illuminates the bulb. Now, when the blinker is activated, +12V pulses are observed on the negative side. This means that there is +12V on BOTH sides of the bulb, which because of the lack of voltage difference, the bulb turns off. This is also why the blinker and sidemarker alternate illumination.

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Old 02-13-2009, 11:21 AM
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do you mean that the side marker can stay illuminated, but blink with the signal lights?
 
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Old 02-13-2009, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by zerojett
do you mean that the side marker can stay illuminated, but blink with the signal lights?
Correct, option 3 allows this.
 
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