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Originally Posted by wordstew
The Luxeon reds are 3-4 watts. I hoping this is enough juice for the BCM to operate properly
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Are you considering the Luxeon III's? What power current level were you going to run them at? Do you have a heatsink? Are you going to use a current regulator or just a resistor?
To test if the flasher is current based, you can probably disconnect the connector from a turn-signal bulb, for example, and see if the flash rate changes (or disconnect both front and rear and connect a voltmeter to see if the voltage switches at the normal rate between B+ and gnd). The BCM supplies voltage to the turn signal bulbs. I'm guessing that BCM control the switching rate independent of bulb current.
I would place a capacitor across the LED's terminals to act as a voltage snubber and place a diode (1n4001) antiparallel to the LED to prevent any reverse voltage transients on the Luxeon.