Firefighter POV lights LED tail light flasher

[@Zaltic]

We used to throw LED hideaways in the taillights of our expeditions and crown vics and tie them to the brake lights which made them way brighter and they could flash.

[@RSXSykO]

I usually just replace the Taillights with the cannons all together in order to achieve the same results. Gives me both reverse, brake, turn signals. No drilling except to enlarge the lighting hole where the original hole is if the hole is too small. Usually some of the holes are a good size to fit the Lens through. BAM! Light installed, less time cutting splicing and soldering.

[@treycamardelle]

The only problem I’ve found with that is if someone was to hit you from behind then their lawyer can have an argument that those aren’t DOT approved brake lights. We’ve had that happen to a guy over here, that’s why I’ve opted out of putting the cannons in.

[@robsmith2523]

Great job!. Go with GTR Lighting. Brightest LED bulbs on the market & you do not need resistors. Been using them for years on my 2018 Ram 1500.

[@foxxfury145]

For that price no

[@edwinahumada1627]

Great video man!👏🏽 how ever I dint see nor understand how you turn the flashers on or off I only see when you had them on and then turned your regular lights and flashers on and off, can you plz explain 🙏🏾

[@treycamardelle]

Thanks! I have a switch in my center console that I use to turn them on and off with. You can watch my other video of all the lights on during the day where I go into detail and where my switches are located.

[@silverapple2011]

Nice install. I'm looking to do the same tail light X-pattern. I just realized, I don't need diodes if I get a 4-output flasher instead of 2. Install should be easier.

[@treycamardelle]

Yeah that’ll work too 👍

[@firefighter7752]

Ole tower 617 absolutely love that beast

[@treycamardelle]

We’re going to be replacing it within the next year or two with a new one because it’s at its 20 year mark, but yeah that truck is pretty awesome

[@red2965]

Heatsinks. Wish I could have had more of the knowledge when I was a volunteer ff

[@treycamardelle]

Trial and error

[@eddiedominguez7055]

Very nice work

[@treycamardelle]

@@eddiedominguez7055 thank you

[@eddiedominguez7055]

@@treycamardelle I wish I would’ve found your video earlier instead of jelling the holes for the hideaways that I have in my tail lights you’re set up as much cleaner and much nicer

[@treycamardelle]

@@eddiedominguez7055 that’s exactly why I did it. So I wouldn’t have holes in my tail lights. Thanks for your support!

[@jimmypratt5094]

What does did out use great job learned something new

[@treycamardelle]

Thanks

[@ricktong3838]

Thank you for your video, it is very insightful; however wouldnt the way you wire up the red flashing light and the white reverse light make both lights turn on when you reverse?

[@treycamardelle]

Thanks. Further into the video I show the lights operating in normal order as they should operate. I used the one way diodes to stop the current going from one light to the next to prevent that issue from happening.

[@ricktong3838]

@@treycamardelle I tried to do the same connecting rear red fog light with white reverse light creating an X pattern with a flasher, and like what you had done in your video, I connected one diode to prevent currents running back to the computer from the fog light end+ one diode for the reverse light end, and like the way you wired your lights, I have done the same thing (a diode inbetween the red and white lights as well) and I could only manage to let either white reverse light work independently or red rear fog light work independently when in normal use, but still cannot make both sets work independently like how they should work when not flashing. So what I mean is, when i connect the inbetween diode to the red light end, the rear fog lights will turn on without the white reverse lights turn on, but at the same time when I am reversing then both red fog lights and white reverse light both turn on; and when I connect the inbetween diode to the white reverse light, the situation turns around, so I could use reverse light fine but when I use rear fog light normal function then the reverse light will turn on.

[@treycamardelle]

@@ricktong3838 what type of flasher did you use? The one I’m using is a two light flasher that I’m using to power four lights. So this wiring diagram will only make sense with a two light flasher. If your using a two light flasher then make sure each fog light is connected to its own reverse light and not connected to each other. Make sure the diode going back to the computer is after the flasher tie in and not before it. Make sure all the diodes are facing the right way. Make sure the lights aren’t tied in also in another location that you aren’t noticing. If all of these things are right and you followed my video then I’m actually a little confused to why it’s not working properly.

[@ricktong3838]

@@treycamardelle Thank you for your tips; I am actually using a headlight flasher so its also a two light flasher; I am quite confused as well tbh. I will give it another try from the begining following your video and will let you know if it works

[@treycamardelle]

@@ricktong3838 sounds good. It might be the flasher also. You might have to get the flasher I’m using. I think it’s like $30-40 on eBay.

[@ashleystephens325]

Dude awesome install

[@treycamardelle]

Zach Stephens thanks man, glad you like it!

[@Kid617]

Learned something new did u add a switch to turn on the flasher

[@treycamardelle]

Yeah, in one of my other videos I show what kind of switches I have and where their located

[@Kid617]

​@@treycamardelle what size diolds do u use and I think I got how u wired the lights up

[@treycamardelle]

@@Kid617 they are the 10A ones

[@chandlermcmakin3098]

That Mack though!!

[@treycamardelle]

Chandler McMakin 😂😂

[@treemyster4320]

Any reason why you chose red led for taillights instead of the white like stock? Just asking for reference. Also im assuming 18g wire would be fine for this love voltage setup? Ive been fighting myself for some time to figure out how to make a setup work nicely like this, because theres nowhere to even put a hideaway cleanly in the reverse housing. I love it! Awesome! Might make a video when i install mine too so others can benefit!

[@treycamardelle]

Tree Myster for some odd reason I find that red lights show brighter in a red tail light. I tried white vertex lights in previous tail lights and they just weren’t as bright as the red ones. So I just used the same concept with the tail light bulbs. I would use 16 gauge wire just because your going to be going in and out of the frame and all the way to the front of the truck, which is a pretty long run and you don’t want to risk loosing voltage. You can do the same setup with making both brake lights flash at the same time and alternate with both reverse lights and it’ll be a little easier with less work. I personally wanted my right brake light to flash when my left reverse light flashed so I can alternate them that way. Thanks man!! I’m glad I was able to help you out with this.

[@QuaabQueb]

@@treycamardelle The reason for this has to do with the wavelength of the light being able to pass through. To put it in to simple terms, more of the red wavelength will pass through the red coloured plastic, where as if you where to install a white light, less of that light is able to pass through because some of it is being filtered out. Vehicle upfitting shops who know what they are doing will always put a red output hideaway light in a brake light housing, never a white one unless it is in the reverse or headlight section. As you correctly stated in your video the vehicle's light assembly is not optimized for this as the position of such a light will never be at the optimal angle for maximum light output. Back in the day they would drill out a 1 inch hole in the light housing and rtv silicone in a high voltage stroboscopic bulb. That was high tech in those days. Well they got hot or came loose and often just ended up melting the light housing. Then of course LED's came along... Now we are seeing fleet-ready vehicles or the "police package" vehicles coming equipped from the factory with such functions built in.

[@rafaelgalvan4066]

It’s me again. Where I can get those diodes because there is 5A, 10A. And it’s hard to look to them. Also I want to flash the headlights

[@treycamardelle]

I got them from eBay, the 10A ones are the ones I used. To flash the headlights you would have to get a headlight flasher made for you vehicle, or if they don’t make one for your vehicle a universal headlight flasher will work too.

[@red2965]

I was wondering why you didn't just tap the ground at the light or body and take the red and white back to the cab?

[@Elexcrump]

So do u have to buy one flasher for each light to flash or just one flasher run both tail lights

[@treycamardelle]

One flasher runs both lights

[@dasch-dq8my]

great job brother!! looks great

[@treycamardelle]

dasch 1982 thank you!

[@ThinBlueSmokeOfficial]

Great video, how did you wire the flasher. I have a 2017 Taurus with OEM led tail lights, and would like to install this flasher. How does this work when not in use?

[@treycamardelle]

Thanks! There’s details on how to wire the flasher in the video. I just tapped into the existing brake/reverse light wires behind each brake light. Since your not technically doing anything to the brake light wire, the tail lights continue to operate as expected.

[@tudeddy7026]

Is there different patterns with that module? I believe it had the wire for it, how did you go by on turning them on and changing modes?

[@treycamardelle]

Yes the flasher has like 5-7 different flash patterns to choose from. There’s a pattern select wire that you touch to the positive wire to change the flash patterns.

[@NottaCaup]

Good video!! I am curious, with the LED light bulbs being mainly for civilian vehicle use i.e. only when blinker is activated or when braking, did you experience any issue with the LED lightbulb expiring quicker than normal or no?? Want to do something like this but want to make sure I get a bulb that will last a while. Thank you!!

[@treycamardelle]

Thanks! So far the light bulbs are still working as they should. None of the led modules are burnt out yet. I’m a paid firefighter so I don’t run them as emergency lights everyday but I do respond in my POV on my off days, which averages to about 2-3 times a week, and they’ve held up so far and operate as expected. Hopefully this helps.

[@robsmith2523]

@@treycamardelle Go with GTR Lighting.

[@luisbueno7987]

You never commented on what you connected the red wire of the flasher device, is it before or after the deode, or how is it that you give power to the flasher, could you tell me?

[@treycamardelle]

Sorry, I have a power wire running from the battery to a relay/fuse, then from the relay/fuse to a switch on the center console, then from the switch to the flasher.

[@luisbueno7987]

@@treycamardelle This flasher device does not work exactly with the brake, right, why when you put the flashing lights on with the brake does it not work as it should be true?

[@treycamardelle]

When you press the brakes the flasher will stop flashing just like a normal brake light flasher would do. This is a safety feature to let the people behind you know that your stopping.

[@EsssGee]

Nice job! Would this work on any car? Also how do I control it turn it on/off, switch patterns?

[@treycamardelle]

S G Thanks! This will work on most vehicles. It’s pretty much a universal setup. This flasher has a power wire that you would run to your switch box. This flasher comes with 7 different flash patterns programmed into it that you can choose from.

[@ronaldneal2797]

Can you give link for one way diode resistor?

[@treycamardelle]

Ronald Neal (20 Pcs) MCIGICM 10A10 Rectifier Diode, 10A 1000V R-6 Axial Electronic Silicon Diodes I bought them through the amazon app so I can’t get a link but this is all the info on them

[@toddramirez386]

How much was it all together for the back flashers .?

[@treycamardelle]

It’s about $30 for the flasher, $15 for the load equalizers (if you don’t want the hyper flash), $10 for the one way diodes, $30 for the brake light bulbs, $30 for the reverse light bulbs and about $10 in 16 gauge wire. I had everything except for the LED light bulbs so it didn’t cost me much, but if you don’t have any of these items then you’ll be looking to spend around $125 for everything. Which in my eyes is still about $100 cheaper than putting in hide aways and drilling into your tail light (if you use whelen). And you get the benefit of having LED brake and reverse lights for everyday use.

[@brianhumphreys1660]

Check out Z-flash plug in flash module. Plug and play easy-peazy

[@treycamardelle]

Thanks but personally I’m not a fan of the z-flash module. It doesn’t do the patterns I like and a lot of the patterns it has don’t sync together, they kind of just flash wild so that’s the reason I didn’t choose that route.

[@brianhumphreys1660]

@@treycamardelle cool thing about Z flash modules is you can customize the pattern with your computer and set any pattern you could think of

[@treycamardelle]

@@brianhumphreys1660 oh cool might have to do that on my next truck

[@yankywettenstein737]

@@brianhumphreys1660 i have the z flash and you can only command one light to flash at a time. And the more lights your flashing the slower it gets

[@darylkarisakauffman5170]

So i did the same think but when i press my brakes, it makes the reverse lights come on, how did you prevent that?

[@treycamardelle]

You may have to add another one way diode in the line for the reverse or brake light. Or the diode may be backwards, try turning that diode around

[@sterlingd97]

So I changed my R/B ions in my factory mirror beams for the utility to amber and ran it as a steady burn to my rear turn signal, Would this work if I hooked up the ions to a flasher and put the diode between the wiring from the ion and rear tail light?

[@treycamardelle]

Yes it will work.

[@treycamardelle]

Just make sure you put the one way diode in the same line that’s connecting the rear turn signal to the ion. The idea is you want to allow the current to go from the turn signal to the ion but not from the ion to the turn signal.

[@sterlingd97]

@@treycamardelle perfect, thank you very much for the help

[@treycamardelle]

Anytime!

[@sterlingd97]

Also do I need to put one on the ground wire as well or just power?

[@keimooreth3920]

What type of load equalizer need for setup

[@treycamardelle]

Any load equalizer will work

[@keimooreth3920]

How do you connect load resistor

[@rebeccagallo6886]

Nice!

[@celticrunes1911]

Is that a Louisiana Professional Fire Fighter plate?

[@treycamardelle]

Yes it is

[@celticrunes1911]

@@treycamardelle Well I can only imagine how impressed your union co-workers are when you come wheeling your hobby Christmas tree into the parking lot at work 🙄🖕

[@treycamardelle]

Yes they are very impressed, it’s really awesome too because I’m getting paid to install lights in my personal vehicle. So it’s like a win win for me! 😊 Don’t worry, I’ll be adding more lights eventually, so make sure to watch that video too 👍

[@meezman-tc6fx]

where did you get the diodes from

[@treycamardelle]

MCIGICM 10A10 rectifier Dior, 10A 1000v R-6 Axial Electronic silicone diodes. I can’t remember if I got them from eBay or Amazon, but any 10Amp diodes should work just as good.

[@meezman-tc6fx]

@@treycamardelle thank you so much

[@treycamardelle]

Anytime!👍👍

[@smrtrbl86]

Did your blinkers work right after?

[@treycamardelle]

Stephan Gardner yes they work perfectly fine

[@smrtrbl86]

@@treycamardelle I was tying mine into a different set up. I have amber blinkers and white backups I couldnt get to separate no matter what. Then i realized i had two different power poles i could tie into on the blinkers. Got mine solved. Good video. I wouldn't have thought of needing the diodes and the company that puts these modules out gives out little info on how to install.

[@treycamardelle]

Stephan Gardner yeah the company didn’t explain much on how to install them, I had to figure it out on my own but I’m glad you was able to get it working right. Thanks for watching!

[@Shortstuff1985-t1q]

You think this would work for my led headlights?

[@treycamardelle]

It could work if you put in LED headlight bulbs, I don’t think it would produce enough current to flash the halogen bulbs, because LEDs need a lot less current to operate.

[@hg9322]

where did you get the diodes

[@treycamardelle]

Amazon or eBay, I can’t remember. (20 Pcs) MCIGICM 10A10 rectifier Dior, 10A 1000v R-6 Axial Electronic silicone diodes. It won’t let me post the link, but this is the description of them.

[@hg9322]

@@treycamardelle thx man

[@truthwillsetyoufree85]

What diodes did you use?

[@treycamardelle]

MCIGICM 10A10 rectifier Dior, 10A 1000v R-6 Axial Electronic silicone diodes. I can’t remember if I got them from eBay or Amazon, but any 10Amp diodes should work just as good.

[@rafaelgalvan4066]

I didn't get how to wire the load equalizer

[@treycamardelle]

The load equalizer has two wires coming off of it, one wire taps into the ground wire of the brake light and the other wire taps into the brake/turn signal wire. Don’t tap into the parking/running light wire. Use a tester to determine which wire is which on the brake light. Hopefully this helps. You can google it too to get a better idea and pictures of how to do it.

[@rafaelgalvan4066]

@@treycamardelle brake/turning signal is positive right?

[@treycamardelle]

@@rafaelgalvan4066 yes

[@mhickey6x]

@@treycamardelle could a fella use two flashers, one for each tail light to avoid all of the diodes and equalizers?

[@treycamardelle]

@@mhickey6x yeah you could, but that seems like it’ll be a little bit of a waste of money. You can get a simple universal brake light flasher and install that if you didn’t want to spend a whole lot of time on it.

[@davidcope7537]

What diodes did u use

[@treycamardelle]

(20 Pcs) MCIGICM 10A10 rectifier Dior, 10A 1000v R-6 Axial Electronic silicone diodes. It won’t let me post the link, but this is the description of them.

[@JPOC226]

Not a Dodge ;P

[@treycamardelle]

Yeah that’s true lol

[@ericcastle380]

I suggest you remove those illegal led tail lights before you get rear ended in that truck. If you want to keep this setup, then I beg you to use the STREET LEGAL LEDS from Sylvania or Phillips. If your truck gets hit while using those Chinese LEDs, you will be held liable for the crash for illegally modifying the truck.

[@treycamardelle]

C. Wolfe I think I’ll take my chances. The ones from Sylvania and Phillips aren’t bright at all. I already did a comparison on them. Thanks for your concern.

[@ericcastle380]

@@treycamardelle however they're the only legal ones in the US

[@Dirtymax_Danimal]

Where in the vehicle code does it say they're illegal? i love for you to provide the VC code...

[@foxxfury145]

@@Dirtymax_Danimal its not illegal

[@robsmith2523]

@@foxxfury145 In the United States, lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment are regulated by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s FMVSS108 document. DOT / FMVSS108 applies to all vehicles used on public streets in the United States. DOT regulated products must comply with DOT / FMVSS108 in order to be street legal in the United States. For example, headlights are regulated by DOT / FMVSS108 and must comply with DOT / FMVSS108 to be street legal in the USA. However, fog light bulbs are not regulated by DOT / FMVSS108 and are considered street legal in the USA.

[@pio7671]

Ciao le lapadine sono rosse ho bianche.

[@Cris-B2216]

The diodes aren’t needed

[@treycamardelle]

You should use diodes to stop the current from going from the flasher the the trucks computer system

[@Cris-B2216]

@@treycamardelle no you should never have to use dies. If you use the correct tail light flasher wire correctly. If it is wired correctly, everything is isolated.

[@treycamardelle]

@@Cris-B2216 maybe you missed it in the video. I’m not using a tail light flasher. I’m using a LED flasher so that I can get the flash patterns that the tail light flashers don’t offer. Obviously the tail light flashers have diodes built into them, but considering I’m using a LED flasher you should use diodes to stop the current from going back to the trucks computer system.

[@Cris-B2216]

@@treycamardelle not even then should you have to. The flash pattern you chose was the same as a tail light flasher lol

[@treycamardelle]

@@Cris-B2216 no. With the tail light flasher both brake lights flash at the same time, I wanted the brake lights to alternate with each other. The LED flasher was the only way to make that possible