What is the easiest way to make a automotive bulb blink, similar to a strobe!?
The bulb in question is a automotive 12 volt GE 904 wedge bulb. Other bulbs could be used of course as this would be a simple mod. And, yes, i know you can just buy car strobe kits, but I am trying to utilize what I have access to. Our local scrap yard, which has several dozen cars in it allows free picking, so.... Anyone recommend what out of a car circuit I would need
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An incandescent bulb is probably too slow to heat up/cool down to make a very fast strobe you would be better off with an LED.
To make it flash look up 555 timer.
To make it flash look up 555 timer.
A turn signal relay or hazard relay would provide the delay you are looking for and it is not a capacitor.
These relays are designed to be used with 12v incandescent bulbs. If you decide to try an LED instead of your 904 bulb, I can not be certain the relay would work as expected (it may turn on but not flash an LED).
These relays are designed to be used with 12v incandescent bulbs. If you decide to try an LED instead of your 904 bulb, I can not be certain the relay would work as expected (it may turn on but not flash an LED).
An auto bulb into a strobe by mechanical means at the focal inversion point
meets your requirements. Use any small DC motor like an air fan. . A
meets your requirements. Use any small DC motor like an air fan. . A
awesome, won't work for my application, but awesome
Think I need to clarify this a bit more, not looking for a rapid strobe, more like a construction road flasher, that blinks every 1 to 2 seconds
yeah, after i posted the question I thought about the flasher, might try an led fed off a flasher, not sure of the current level delivered to regular 12 volt engineered car type leds, which i have a bunch of leftover from a project. May just try it, essentially a auto flasher is just a capacitor, and yeah the incandescent may not be fast enough
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