Good to hear you are getting there bit by bit.
You are becoming very proficient at electrical work.
Look forward to hearing how the centre LEDs go.

Tx David. But without your crystal clear instructions i would have been nowhere...
Some photo's of the halo's...

look good [like mine do ]  ... - .- -.




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Today finally got into working on the center LED's.
I used Nicedayforit's (few posts back) instructions on a four pin relay.

After installing the center LED's came on (flickering) and there was a notable fast ticking sound coming from the relay itself. I'm sure I installed the Relay the correct way, checked twice.

Is this just a case of a broken/failing relay or could this be something else?

Thanks... 2002 L322 V8

what are you using the centre led for ? ... - .- -.




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Want to use it as a fog light... 2002 L322 V8

why not connect them directly to the fog light feed... ... - .- -.




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Wish life was that simple....
Tried that... But the LED isn't very bright then plus it flickers...
How did you connect yours??? 2002 L322 V8

they are connected straight onto the fog feed wires, no flickering as i have turned off hot and cold monitoring with the iidtool....very bright as well..

i cant understand why yours are not bright... ... - .- -.




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Well they are bright when I use them with the relais, only then there is the flickering and ticking sound.
Without relay they are much dimmer and flicker as well..

Difference is I haven't switched off H&C monitoring, but with Nicedayforit's solution I should be able to isolate the fog light from H&C monitoring... 2002 L322 V8

Disconnect the wire on terminal 30 of the relay and leave the relay connected to the original foglight connections. Does the relay still chatter when the foglights switch is on ?
Does a Bulb Fault message display in the car with the ignition on?

@nicedayforit

Thans. Just tried your suggestion... Problem is still the same....

Could this he to a faulty relay? 2002 L322 V8

No I think the problem is the hot and cold monitoring is operating continuously as the resistance of the coil in the relay is too low for the monitoring system to measure.
I did mention in my original post that you may need resistors incorporated in the circuit to avoid problems, seems you do.
The resistors are of the type that are used when fitting led bulbs in place of the more normal tungsten bulbs.
I have no experience in the use of these resistors as I have always managed to avoid using them.
I will have to look into this and come back to you.

To resolve the flickering problem I think you need to fit resistors across the wires connected to terminals 85 and 86 of your relays. The type of resistor is shown below.
I would be inclined to lengthen the two wires connected to each resistor so that you can position each resistor on a metal surface and well away from any plastic surfaces, the resistors got very hot in use.
One wire from each resistor should be connected to terminal 85 of your relay with the other wire being connected to terminal 86. Or you can connect the resistor wires to the wires going to terminals 85 and 86 if convenient.
This should resolve your problem and is still a lot cheaper than a IID tool.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Signal-Turn-Indi...567c47e9ce

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Thanks For looking into this.... I will order a pair...
Finally I will also het rid of the "check front foglight" bong every time I start the car... I was almost getting used to it..
Will let you know how it works out... 2002 L322 V8