Need help plz: Issues after installing Digi-Tails

[130fe]

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).

[72Z/28]

Originally Posted by 130fe

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).

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

[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.

[dhutton]

Pretty sure my Digitails do the same thing to my LED indicators. Luckily I never drive in the dark... LOL....

Don

[72Z/28]

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.

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

[blitzer454]

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.

[dhutton]

Are your parking light housings well grounded? I have had to add dedicated ground wires to them in the past. Measure the resistance from the light housing to the battery ground.

Is your engine, body and core support properly grounded?

Don

[72Z/28]

Originally Posted by dhutton

Are your parking light housings well grounded? I have had to add dedicated ground wires to them in the past. Measure the resistance from the light housing to the battery ground.

Is your engine, body and core support properly grounded?

Don

Yes they are all properly grounded.

[72Z/28]

Originally Posted by blitzer454

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.

The Digitails parking light kit is sold by Mattsclassicbowties in Amazon. Here is the link:

https://www.amazon.com/Chevrolet-Cam.../dp/B005HFXZ8W

I made sure wiring is done properly. If not wired correctly, the turn signals and parking light won’t work.

Everything works fine with the engine is not running. However, when I start the engine, the front turn signals or hazards don’t flash.

When engine is switched off, all work fine.

I honestly do not know what else to check. It was really a wrong decision made to the kit.

[72Z/28]

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.