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philmc79 Member Since: 10 Sep 2013 Location: Hyde Cheshire Posts: 94 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I am having problems in conjunction with the Caravan electrics design and manufacturers, when my RR SC is connected to my new caravan which has full LED lighting there are major problems, most of the problems have been solved with a unit provided by the caravan electrics manufacturer but i would like to know with the help of my IID tool i could tell the car that the trailer/caravan to ignore the fact that there is no filament bulbs fitted to the trailer/caravan and get the last fault with the lights sorted out?
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Alistair Member Since: 11 Feb 2011 Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra Posts: 7969 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I used to have the same problem with my boat trailer (with LED's)
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Andy K Member Since: 06 Jun 2016 Location: GL Posts: 48 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
How bloody stupid for van makers to use LEDs for indicators.
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Alistair Member Since: 11 Feb 2011 Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra Posts: 7969 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
A lot of finger pointing on this one - even after car makers were using LED's in their cars, they still require filament bulbs for the towing electrics |
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Andy K Member Since: 06 Jun 2016 Location: GL Posts: 48 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
At least it was a known standard.
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Andy K Member Since: 06 Jun 2016 Location: GL Posts: 48 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
So what problems did fitting a box to the caravan solve ? |
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philmc79 Member Since: 10 Sep 2013 Location: Hyde Cheshire Posts: 94 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Everything apart from the indicators stopping working after 5 blinks with the engine running, they fitted a balast resistor to stop the break lights from blinking so that fault went away |
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mzplcg Member Since: 26 May 2010 Location: Warwickshire. England. The Commonwealth. Posts: 4029 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
As discussed above the reason is that LED units do not provide a sufficient load to allow the car to know a trailer is connected. There are units available on the market which claim to eliminate this issue although I've yet to find one which works properly with a FFRR. They do seem to work OK with a Disco 4 though.
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IanT599 Member Since: 15 Jun 2013 Location: Wellington Posts: 351 ![]() ![]() |
What caravan is it you have that's causing you the issues? |
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philmc79 Member Since: 10 Sep 2013 Location: Hyde Cheshire Posts: 94 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
it is a 2016 Bessicarr 645 manufactured by Swift Group |
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IanT599 Member Since: 15 Jun 2013 Location: Wellington Posts: 351 ![]() ![]() |
Swift and another manufacturer have these leds as a known fault on some cars.
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p38arover Member Since: 16 Dec 2015 Location: Western Sydney Posts: 1543 ![]() ![]() |
I have one from an Oz manufacturer which works well - it's made specifically for LRs. Mine's an earlier version of this: http://www.labtronx.com.au/labtronx-products/busta-4 Lee (from Labtronx) does know LR electrics. Ron B. VK2OTC 2003 L322 V8 Auto 2007 Yamaha XJR1300 Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA |
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IanV8 Member Since: 14 Jan 2010 Location: Dunfermline Posts: 502 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
If you fit resistors across the indicator leds and the leds fail you will not get any warning that the indicator has failed.
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