Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

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Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by andre3k » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:39 pm

Is anyone running the Dectane RA16SLRCL tail lights or equivalent in smoke on an avant?? (Not the litec ones)

https://www.dectane.de/index.php?cat=c9 ... tml&page=2

The car's getting detailed atm and I left them the lights to fit and they've come back telling me it's throwing an error; specifically the indicators. Any ideas?

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Re: Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by MB2 » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:50 pm

I don't have these lights, but my guess would be the indicators are LEDs & so triggering a "bulb out" warning, if so a couple of these resistors wired into the lights should sort you out (one for each indictator).

http://forum.rs246.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=94575

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Re: Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by klauster » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:59 pm

I only get an error if I leave auto lights on, other than that they work perfectly without errors
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Re: Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by HYFR » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:01 pm

they should be plug and plug

no errors

the only error i had on mine was with autolights, where if you turned the iginition on when it was dark, the autolights was turnon before the car had a chance to figure out the lights turned on and so threw a bulb out warning ... simply switching the lights off and on solved it.

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Re: Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by andre3k » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:04 pm

MB2 wrote:I don't have these lights, but my guess would be the indicators are LEDs & so triggering a "bulb out" warning, if so a couple of these resistors wired into the lights should sort you out (one for each indictator).

http://forum.rs246.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=94575
Thanks for that. If it comes to it & I can't resolve it I might PM you for more info as I'm totally inept when it comes to that sort of thing :thumbs:
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Re: Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by andre3k » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:05 pm

Klauster & DK were your indicators LED?
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Re: Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by DazN » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:22 pm

Mine give an error every single time I start the car with the lights switched to anything but off. If I get the error and switch off and on again the error goes.

I spoke to Dectane and they said it's because the lights are designed for LHD cars and the resistors are wired specifically for that, I considered running the wires from left to right and vice versa in the boot but didn't bother.
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Re: Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by HYFR » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:27 pm

yes mine were led indicators

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Re: Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by P_G » Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:31 pm

I run RA16LR's and as said if you have the switch to 'auto' and it is dark enough for auto lights to trigger on start up they will throw a bulb out warning, mine is for fogs. Either start the car in the dark with lights off or quick 1 second flick of switch from auto to off and back again clears it.

It also only happens if the car is sat for more then 5 hours for some reason. If less than that from the last time they were on it works fine. I gather this must be the time the resistors lose their impedence.

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Re: Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by edge » Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:52 am

DazN wrote:Mine give an error every single time I start the car with the lights switched to anything but off. If I get the error and switch off and on again the error goes.

I spoke to Dectane and they said it's because the lights are designed for LHD cars and the resistors are wired specifically for that, I considered running the wires from left to right and vice versa in the boot but didn't bother.
I get the same every so often, just swtich them on and off and no issues.

I think its worth the pain as they look cool ;)

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Re: Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by Jonesy07 » Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:58 am

edge wrote:
DazN wrote:Mine give an error every single time I start the car with the lights switched to anything but off. If I get the error and switch off and on again the error goes.

I spoke to Dectane and they said it's because the lights are designed for LHD cars and the resistors are wired specifically for that, I considered running the wires from left to right and vice versa in the boot but didn't bother.
I get the same every so often, just swtich them on and off and no issues.

I think its worth the pain as they look cool ;)
Mines the same :bash:
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Re: Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by Shadow6ix » Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:52 am

andre3000 wrote:Is anyone running the Dectane RA16SLRCL tail lights or equivalent in smoke on an avant?? (Not the litec ones)

https://www.dectane.de/index.php?cat=c9 ... tml&page=2

The car's getting detailed atm and I left them the lights to fit and they've come back telling me it's throwing an error; specifically the indicators. Any ideas?

Cheers folks

Pictures of them on your avant would be appreciated if you get the chance :)

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Re: Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by edge » Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:33 pm

Heres them on a less ghetto booty model!

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Re: Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by Shadow6ix » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:16 pm

lol... thankyou! I can't make my mind up about these things. I think I'd probably want clear instead of smoke.

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Re: Dectane LED Tail Lights Errors??

Post by edge » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:24 pm

Shadow6ix wrote:lol... thankyou! I can't make my mind up about these things. I think I'd probably want clear instead of smoke.
I think the clear look very 'Lexus' and thats whats spawned every boy racer/modder buying them for there cars, but to each there own ;)

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