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#98954 01/23/2007 5:01 AM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 482 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 482 | At some point I'm going to install LED brake/stop/tail lights. I'd like to put some sort of stop light bar or third stop light in the center somewhere on the back of my '57 3600 dump bed. I know this isn't an original look but I feel like I need to make the vehicle safe for today's driving. How does one incorporate a stop only light into a system that is wired for stop/turn? | | |
#98955 01/23/2007 5:54 AM | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | orchidskip,
I think a simple method would be to tag a wire off the stoplight switch to the light bar. This would bypass the turn signal conglomeration and only allow the light bar to illuminate in a steady fashion when the brakes are applied.
I think there is also a little solid state device you can buy that attaches to a brake/turn wire and negates the blinking, giving you a steady light. This is how modern rigs with the third light work.
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#98956 01/23/2007 6:10 AM | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 | Put a diode on each brake/turn light with the banded end opposite the light and run a wire from the diodes' banded ends to the third brake light. | | |
#98957 01/23/2007 6:14 AM | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | orchidskip,
It's this little do-dad...
http://www.shop.com/op/~LOGIC_CIRCUIT_FOR_3RD_BRAKE_LIGHTS_-prod-17113925
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#98958 01/25/2007 5:57 AM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 482 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 482 | | | |
#98959 01/25/2007 2:57 PM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,420 ODSS President | | ODSS President Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,420 | This third brake light (really an old license plate/stop/turn light) is eliptical. I took the cover off, taped up the socket and shot the inside w/ bright white paint. Shows up real well against my 'Farm Use' plate. Wired it direct to the brake light stop switch on the firewall. I fabbed a metal bracket to hold the light in place off my wooden end boards.
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