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A simple, retrofittable solution for ensuring LED blinker globe replacement assemblies work properly.
Works with 'ticker can' and CAN-Bus controlled indicators.
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The Blinker Load Simulator (BLS) is a simple retrofittable device used when standard incandescent globes are replaced with LED indicators.
Why do you need one?
Very simply, replacing a globe with an LED will cause the indicator circuit to report a fault, because LEDs create less electrical load, as would a blown globe.
So unless your vehicle has a special cabling harness, designed expressly to work with LED lights, simply installing LED blinkers would result in incorrect operation - AND place your vehicle in breach of Australian Design Rule ADR 13/00.
You could install a resistor to simulate the load, but if the LED failed, your vehicle diagnostics would not report the fault as they'd not see a change in the electrical load caused by an open circuit.
The BLS ensures that LEDs, when fitted, work properly and comply with ADR 13/00, which requires appropriate driver alerts (or 'tell tales') be issued when a globe fails.
A common trick is to strap a resistor across the circuit to simulate the same load as a globe, but then if the LED failed, the vehicle systems would not see the fault as the load would remain constant.
The BLS not only simulates the correct load for your vehicles diagnostics, but also changes the load to simulate a fault if it detects that the LED assembly is faulty.
Benefits of the BLS:
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Works with either 'ticker can' (analogue) type indicator control systems or CAN-Bus (digital) based blinker control systems
- Doesn't require the entire wiring harness be replaced with a 'smart harness'
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Can be externally mounted adjacent to an indicator/blinker assembly
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Is a relatively simply retrofit, AND inexpensive compared to LED blinker control cable harnesses
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Ensures compliance with Australian Design Rule (ADR) 13/00 by ensuring correct reporting by in-cabín 'tell tale' systems
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