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hapisok · 01-16-2013, 05:17 PM

Fo sho! Thanks for sharing the circuit design you used. The only thing I dont like about relays is their noise and size, unless im testing em. But you cant beat free either. I'll wire this up and let you know how it works. The mosfets were less than $2 a piece which is WAY cheaper then purchasing relays unless you get em for free at a junk yard or something.

sjmautoprod · 01-16-2013, 07:07 PM

Make sure that the 4A MOSFET rating is continuous and not pulsed.

pkauf · 01-16-2013, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by whitedemon

I decided i wanted to add sequential tailights to my camaro but didnt want to spend 100 bucks for them. I figured it couldn't be to hard to do so I got with my dad, who is pretty good with electronics, and we built 2 timers. Went to the shack and bought 2 of the following; a 555 timer, circuit board, capacitor, few diodes and a varaiable resistor. I had the 2 relays laying in my tool box so no reason to buy them. I dont have the schematic we used with me now, ill try to upload later. We just built the little circuit with the components and soldered everything together. Then I painted the back of the board with liquid electric tape and let dry to prevent shorting out anything. I removed the back covers over the tailights. My timers have 3 wires, ground, input and output. So i tapped in the outer light bulb ground for the ground wire and then cut the blinker bulb wire which was the yellow for left side and green for right side and installed the input-output wires to the bulb harness, all with solder and heat shrink joints of course. Then i turned on the hazard lights and used a pocket screwdriver to adjust the varable resistor until the delay was right where I wanted it. I was very pleased with the outcome of the project and I saved 80 bucks also

Here is the youtube link for the video: http://youtu.be/UjLuU-1eC0E

Very cool. Do you have a little more information (or pictures) of how you installed/hid the boards near the taillights? To get to the bulbs (i haven't messed with them yet on my 2013) - is all the access via trunk and no removal of the housing required? I definitely will put this on my list of to-dos. Just curious about your mounting strategy - wonder if a small project box would be a good idea for enclosing the board.

Paul

pkauf · 01-16-2013, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by hapisok

Fo sho! Thanks for sharing the circuit design you used. The only thing I dont like about relays is their noise and size, unless im testing em. But you cant beat free either. I'll wire this up and let you know how it works. The mosfets were less than $2 a piece which is WAY cheaper then purchasing relays unless you get em for free at a junk yard or something.

Please post what your exact parts are (if you don't mind!!!) when you get it working. Would really like to use your modifications to get this to work, as I don't have the relays sitting around either.

csjcsj · 01-16-2013, 07:46 PM

Tag!!

whitedemon · 01-17-2013, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by pkauf

Very cool. Do you have a little more information (or pictures) of how you installed/hid the boards near the taillights? To get to the bulbs (i haven't messed with them yet on my 2013) - is all the access via trunk and no removal of the housing required? I definitely will put this on my list of to-dos. Just curious about your mounting strategy - wonder if a small project box would be a good idea for enclosing the board.

Paul

No pictures of install sorry. No housing removal just pop the trunk and remove the plastic cover above the tail lights. All the wires are there and i just zip tied the circuit to the wiring harness so it wouldnt bounce around. I thought about using a box but just didnt. I had some liquid electric tape so i just painted it on the back side of the board for protection. Its under the plastic panel anyways away from water

whitedemon · 01-17-2013, 07:21 AM

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Tag!!

this maybe a stupid question but why are you the 3rd person to post "tag"? dont understand lol

pkauf · 01-17-2013, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by whitedemon

No pictures of install sorry. No housing removal just pop the trunk and remove the plastic cover above the tail lights. All the wires are there and i just zip tied the circuit to the wiring harness so it wouldnt bounce around. I thought about using a box but just didnt. I had some liquid electric tape so i just painted it on the back side of the board for protection. Its under the plastic panel anyways away from water

No problem about the pics, was just hoping!!! WHere do you get liquid electric tape? Maybe i'm out of it, never heard of it. Thanks again.

vroomapunk · 01-17-2013, 08:42 AM

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this maybe a stupid question but why are you the 3rd person to post "tag"? dont understand lol

Im confused too. There is a section of the forum for like social talk and all other discussions. They play a lot of games there, so maybe they have to use the search feature and find other threads that are tagged.

pkauf · 01-17-2013, 08:47 AM

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Im confused too. There is a section of the forum for like social talk and all other discussions. They play a lot of games there, so maybe they have to use the search feature and find other threads that are tagged.

Well, there is an option to automatically subscribe when you post to a thread, so my guess is its a quick way of getting updates on the info (email). I've just seen other people post "Subscribed" . . .

RatRacer · 01-17-2013, 08:59 AM

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Well, there is an option to automatically subscribe when you post to a thread, so my guess is its a quick way of getting updates on the info (email). I've just seen other people post "Subscribed" . . .

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner!

and...... subscribed, tagged, marked

whitedemon · 01-17-2013, 11:13 AM

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No problem about the pics, was just hoping!!! WHere do you get liquid electric tape? Maybe i'm out of it, never heard of it. Thanks again.

i think i got it from radio shack, maybe napa. I use it to repair a skint wire if need be. it will get you out of a bind sometimes lol

whitedemon · 01-17-2013, 11:15 AM

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Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner!

and...... subscribed, tagged, marked

oh ok thanks people!

pkauf · 01-17-2013, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by whitedemon

i think i got it from radio shack, maybe napa. I use it to repair a skint wire if need be. it will get you out of a bind sometimes lol

Cool, i'll look for it.

01-16-2013, 05:17 PM	#29
hapisok crazier than a coconut Drives: 2010 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: virginia Posts: 1,547	Fo sho! Thanks for sharing the circuit design you used. The only thing I dont like about relays is their noise and size, unless im testing em. But you cant beat free either. I'll wire this up and let you know how it works. The mosfets were less than $2 a piece which is WAY cheaper then purchasing relays unless you get em for free at a junk yard or something. __________________

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sjmautoprod Drives: '16 2SS Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 2,271	Make sure that the 4A MOSFET rating is continuous and not pulsed.