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04-27-2019, 02:40 PM
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Need help plz: Issues after installing Digi-Tails
I have been I having issues after installing Digi-Tails parking light kit on my 68 camaro.
I have replaced both of my flashers with LED Electronic no load flashers for both turn signals and hazards because also have LED tail lights.
Had to use polarity reverse adapter for my turn signal flasher only. Did not need to reverse polarity for my Hazards flashers
Now to the problem:
My hazards or 4 way flashers freeze when I apply the brakes. When I get my foot of the brake pedal, it continues flashing.
I do not any issue with turning signals and applying the brakes.
So could somebody chime in please to identify the reason why the 4 way hazards/ flasher stops working when applying brakes.
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04-27-2019, 05:58 PM
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I know on some cars that's totally normal to do that (stop flashing when the brakes are applied. Have you contact Digitails to see if that's true for their system?
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04-27-2019, 11:09 PM
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I know on some cars that's totally normal to do that (stop flashing when the brakes are applied. Have you contact Digitails to see if that's true for their system?
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I have not contacted them about this issue yet.
Actually There are two issues I am having after installing their parking light kit.
One is the 4 way flasher stopping after applying the brakes.
Another issue is when I turn on the parking lights, the green LED for my indicators on the classic instruments gauge cluster also come on. They react exactly the same as parking lights with two intensities. This is something which is totally unexpected to have the dash indicators continuously on as cluster light.
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04-28-2019, 06:53 AM
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I have digitails front and back on my 68 and they both stop flashing when the brakes are applied. I think it is how the cars are wired. Probably something to do with the brake switch signal overrides the flasher.
As for your turn signal led, I had a similiar issue with mine and ended up grounding those LEDs (green turn ones in dash) on their own ground (not tied into any of the other dash wiring).
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04-28-2019, 08:05 AM
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I have digitails front and back on my 68 and they both stop flashing when the brakes are applied. I think it is how the cars are wired. Probably something to do with the brake switch signal overrides the flasher.
As for your turn signal led, I had a similiar issue with mine and ended up grounding those LEDs (green turn ones in dash) on their own ground (not tied into any of the other dash wiring).
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Chris thanks a lot for great input. I was frustrated about it as I thought it is another that I have to deal with.
As for the green indicators, I am going to try to follow what you have done
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04-28-2019, 09:28 AM
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When you say that your 4-way flashers freeze, do you mean that the bulbs stay on or stay off while the brake pedal is active? Or can you make them stay on or off depending on when you press the brake pedal? It probably is normal for the rear bulbs to stay lit but I would not expect the front bulbs to also stay lit, they should keep on blinking.
As far as the dash turn signal indicators coming on with the parking lights, that sounds like a problem with the digitails rear tail lights back feeding a voltage onto the turn signal wires which it should not do. So another potential way to prevent this would be to add diodes to the green and yellow digitails wires such that voltage can not back feed into the blinker circuit.
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04-28-2019, 10:35 AM
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Pretty sure my Digitails do the same thing to my LED indicators. Luckily I never drive in the dark... LOL....
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04-28-2019, 10:36 AM
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Ok guys I ran into another issue😡
When the engine is running, the front turn signals flash normally with either turn signals on or hazards on. However, they stop flashing once I turn the parking lights on. This is happening once I start the engine.
However, everything works fine when the engine is not running.
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04-28-2019, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by blitzer454
When you say that your 4-way flashers freeze, do you mean that the bulbs stay on or stay off while the brake pedal is active? Or can you make them stay on or off depending on when you press the brake pedal? It probably is normal for the rear bulbs to stay lit but I would not expect the front bulbs to also stay lit, they should keep on blinking.
As far as the dash turn signal indicators coming on with the parking lights, that sounds like a problem with the digitails rear tail lights back feeding a voltage onto the turn signal wires which it should not do. So another potential way to prevent this would be to add diodes to the green and yellow digitails wires such that voltage can not back feed into the blinker circuit.
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When I hit the brakes, both front and rear LED lights stay lit. They continue flashing when I take my foot off the pedal.
Actually the rear LED lights are from United Pacific not the Digital ones
I have not tried pressing the brakes while the 4 way flashers are on before installing the Digitails front parking light kit.
Another issue I have run into is when I turn the engine on, and while the parking lights are on, the front Turn Signals nor do the front hazards work.
It is really frustrating and I wished I had not installed these Digitails parking light kit
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04-28-2019, 01:33 PM
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Can you provide a link to the parking lamps that you're using? Is it possible that you connected them incorrectly? They should only go in one way into the socket, but if you forced them in then I could possibly see this type of problem occurring.
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