Got to agree. Hopefully it doesnt end up like dde’s.. sometimes i feel like they make videos just to make videos and that can get boring watching them talk about nothing .
In Italian language "purosangue" is the opposite of the english word "bastard" usually used for animals likes horses. I think you can find the right translation
To stop the flickering a capacitor might work. A Capacitor is like a water reservoir for but for electricity. So, if you have messy power coming in, it will flow evenly out the other side of the capacitor.
@@natedostalik3538 Yea, I've heard of "anti-flicker" resistors alright, but I don't really understand how they'd fix the problem (even though they apparently do), unless maybe the input voltage was too high, or it was spiking? Since resistors basically just lower the voltage and current in the circuit. Whereas a capacitor is more like the cold water storage tank in your attic, so that you get a constant flow of water, and you don't get scorched if somebody runs the tap when you're in the shower..
Thank you, Matt and the team! Wishing you all wonderful holidays with your family and friends. Thanks for a year of fun. You make us feel part of your adventure! Until next year!🤙🏻
The flickering thing happens on motorbikes too. Grab an Oxford indicator resistor from a motorbike shop and you'll be set. Also with LED strip's, if you rough up the silicon cover of the strip, it will give a more even light along the length instead of individual lights. Love the videos, keep it up mate, you've inspired me to get cracking on my TT
If the parking light loom is configured for higher power delivery than then lights need (like from Halogen or Xenon to LED) a resistor typically fixes it. Resistors are usually pretty cheap, so I'd recommend giving it a go@@Ginokhu
Matt & the team , you’ll never know how much joy you bring us people who view your vlogs ! You guys deserve everything you achieve making these vlogs, thoroughly enjoyed the ones posted this year………… onwards and upwards in 2024 👏🏽
I watch a lot of content, your edits and story telling ability is second to none. Wishing you all including Kev a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New year. I'm excited to see your channel surpass the rest.
Hi Matt, not sure I entirely understand the flickering from your explanation, however, if you’re trying to mimic the power draw of a filament bulb to stop the ‘test flickers’ I’m sort of confident I know how to go about it. You need to wire a low resistance resistor in parallel to the LEDs. About 2 Ohms. So just connect the positive and negatives of the led strip to either end of the resistor respectively. It wastes power, but the car will now see the LEDs as a 70W appliance (in theory). However, make sure it’s at least a 100W resistor. Downside is the resistors are a bit bulky in order to dissipate the heat. Basically, just purchase a 100W 2 Ohm resistor. Hope this can be of hope and that I haven’t made a huge error or overlooked a simpler solution!
I bet a buck converter would fix the light flicker, especially if it has a capacitor integrated into it. Since it's going from AC to DC power, it's set to "refresh" the diodes at the same rate given a constant supplied input. Power grids offer fairly steady current, and that AC adapter box you lobbed off would transform that steady mains voltage down to a steady lower voltage with constant current going to the diodes. The DC charging system on the other hand has varying current coming off of it, so you're getting to see the refresh rate of the diodes whenever it's out of phase with the input current...you need to take that "noisy" power and clean it up to the same constant current it's expecting to see, then you won't be able to see the flicker. (Admittedly, I know nothing of Lamborghinis, but this solution was how we got LEDs to not flicker on motor scooters with stators.) Merry X-mas, and keep up the excellent work!
I hope everybody had a merry Christmas and a very blessed day, Matt Armstrong. I love your RUclips channel. You have an inspired me and gave me the encourage just to start working on my own projects where back then I thought people would just talk about me where they’re just gonna talk about me anyway. Love the way you hold yourself up man keep it up. Thank you for building my encourage back up to do what I love. Have a blessed day to everyone.
Mat, you are no doubt one of THE most charismatic and genuine people on RUclips. You haven't developed a persona the more subs you got unlike some others that we have seen. Keep on doing what you do. Here's an idea, do a collaborative with Colin Furze and ask him to build your your own batcave car lift and underground garage .
Yeah, you need load resistors when going from incandescent to LED. They're really inexpensive though. I've upgraded my past cars/SUVs and motorcycles to LED and it prevents hyperflash if a turn signal or flickering if a steady light.
I think the Gallardo should get a rear bumper back on (give it a christmas present!), those tyres are going to throw so many stones up at whoever is unlucky enough to be following you.
I like the fact that they ran the intakes from the turbos to the rear upper fender (or wing) vents on the Gallardo. And that they put enclosed air filters with that duct work that goes up to those top fender grilles. And the center exhaust with dumps looks awesome. I think the factory air boxes have duct work that goes to those rear top grills so well done lol. Gotta make it factory or better I always say lol. Happy Holidays 🎄
Glad you kept the back end of the Lambo open. Looks the biz with the new pipes and painted turbos!! 👍 For the light flickering, try putting a relay in between. That should habe enough resistance for the Lambo control circuit to "look" like a bulb.
Thanks for all the videos this year Mat. It’s been great to watch the channel grow. Some of the best automotive content on RUclips imo. Happy Christmas.
Hey folks these creators are just so inspiring... hoping after you enjoy this content and between the wait time for their new uploads you may want to help us gain some traction on our content at Father and son Ferrari rescue. Ferrari 458 salvage rebuild see how it goes so you can do this yourselves one day too!! Thanks in advance everyone.
Merry Christmas Mat and no worries about the McLaren!! You did your thing and at least you got it started and running.. That alone is a victory. Enjoy your holidays 🎄🍾🥂🎉..
Merry Christmas to everyone @MA. I reckon I’ve spent as much time watching both channels as I have normal tv over the last 6 months. It’s been epic. Looking forward to see what you get up to in the new year 👍👏👏👏👏👏
Merry Christmas Mat, Hannah, Tony, The Crew & Kevin. The LED's are not going to stop flickering. Always drive LED products using an LED power supply that's designed for the job. ... Make sure all your LED products are compatible with the control circuits and power supply you're using.
@@Rekoyl116 correct after reading the instructions i had for a LED light kit from my sons old Peugeot which said it needs the power supply then i looked up Mat's lights which were for a home insulation I.E mains current (AC) but he is running them on 12v DC that was the clue that he needs a controller that led me to GOOGLE and less typing.🤣🤣🤣
@@leonsavern5729 Ah yes like some idiots have done to get rid of airbag lights on a dash I knew I had seen something with resistors but just couldn't remember exactly were.
15:30 There are "special" LED for CAN-nus controlled light. They have low resisters over plus and minis to stimulate a normal light bulb. I suggest to buy one of those and solder the LED strip to it.
Hey matt, 50w, 6ohm in line resistors should sort the flickering and will stop the canbus throwing a fault code. It's because the canbus is expecting a cerrain voltage from bulbs and led's are a different voltage. Great job.
You need to get a better stick on the light aswell the factory tape on the back is terrible with rain slashing up off the road they will drop off onto your very hot exhaust and then fire 🔥
Hi Matt. Best case install a capacitor to stop the flickering. But if the LEDS are blinking then you still have some electrical issue. Resistors are good for old fashioned bulb flicker.
Great seeing the old crew back together in you're videos love you're content but it was always great when Liam and Chris were there to all hours on you ambitious builds, Also love the input from your dad Tony he brings a wealth of knowledge and good laughs
if you really wanted to run the a wire around steering rack/column. then end wire. make new wire to connect from end of column to steering wheel. Wrap that wire in something flexible but also solid. so that it can be twisted and wind itself up but then untwist itself. might not work just a thought that came to mind. I have a more complex idea if you want to know.
hey up Mat. You will need a capacitor (smoothes out current) not a resistor (restricts current), to stop that led from flashing 1000mf 25v will probably do it but don't hold me to it I'm only a hobby electrical guy.
the reason why the LED's are flickering is because the car is Canbus, i think u can fix it with some kind of module or connect the car to vcds and see if u can change the license plate light to led or bulb, see if that makes a diffrence. anyways Cheers Mat! lovely video as always
to stop the flicker... you can simply install a canbus on the lights. On cars that don't have bulb sensing you would use a resistor on turn signals so they flash at the correct speed, but with light sensing you need a canbus.
Hi, for number plate light to work properly, you need to put simple 12v bulb and hide somewhere, not LED. Or you can put capacitor on power contacts, but bulb would be better, not LED buld
Flickering probably due to not enough current being drawn from the LED strip, put a resistor 50W - 6 ohm across the +ve and -ve, or as a temp fix just wire a sidelight bulb in place of the resistor and hide it somewhere. Anyway Merry Christmas and thanks for all the great videos.
Thank you Matt and your team for so much entertainment this year, I have no idea about cars and engineering but your channel has been a breath of fresh air! All the best for 2024!
In the automotive industry, usually Diods need like 0.7V each, to overcome the resistance, with light emitting diods it's around 1.1, 1.2 V, You might have to calculate each LED by itself and how many yyou can link in one row to get it to work... you can have multiple strips at once, but it's important that they dont use more than 12Volts... I dont know how much voltage the household ones use, you might haveto chack that before. As someone else already mentioned, a capacitor might help
Get a couple of load resistors. LED’s flicker because the current draw is less than an incandescent bulb. Car thinks the bulb is gone but keeps trying to send more. Load resistor tricks the car into thinking a regular bulb is fitted. They do get hot though so keep that in mind
Not sure if someone already wrote this but you need a load resistor (old car won't have CAN bus on small lights), LEDs are much more efficient, so they draw less current, the car measures that current and thinks the bulb is dead, so you need increase that load. If tell me what was the wattage of the old bulb/light whatever I can calculate and find online a suitable resistor. Assuming 5W bulb then you will need around 30 or 33 Ohm resistor, 8-15W rated (good to give it some margin).
Keep it simple and probably run it through a relay, the can bus drop won’t bother it. Had to do the same with jaguar and the weird switched live and reverse light for rear camera
I got you beat Mat! I once broke my ankle and it was pointing nearly 90 degrees outward in the wrong direction. 😬 I literally grabbed my foot without thinking and reset it myself. My buddy took me to the hospital where the surgeon knocked me out to evaluate the damage. After I woke up, I asked the doctor how I did and she was thoroughly impressed 😂. Now I have titanium rods on both sides but I’ve gained full function of my ankle. It’s better than my “good” one now. 😎
Oh man, I’m watching this video and screaming/laughing at the flames coming out the back! Epic, absolutely epic and the video so entertaining, pergasaurus! 😂😂😂
Hi Matt, You might want to check the construction and use regulations regarding the white lights at the back. The regs say you are not allowed white light to be emitted from the rear of a vehicle in motion except for reverse lamps when moving backwards and the rear Registration plate illumination (which mustn't face outwardly).
I would just filter that flicker out with a big capacitor inline on the voltage wire. This will make the cap act as a battery, charging up and releasing a smooth and constant voltage. If it still flickers, up the value of the cap. Start at a 1000uf 20v cap.
I had an ‘86 SAAB 900 and an ‘88 SAAB 900 turbo…. The turbo sounded so fricken awesome!!!! Merry Christmas to you and all your team, thanks for all the great content!!!
Mat, it seems the car has blown-bulb detection. Incandescent and halogen bulbs draw a lot more current than LED ones. Since the car expects a minimum current draw from the lights, you need CAN Bus LED bulbs. You can probably get away with installing an appropriately sized load resistor to trick the system. Try powering the whole LED strip and see if that makes the problem go away.
I wire control panels for steel mills, and done a LED from halogen swap on my truck and yes you do need a resistor, had the same type of issue when I did the swap, the white box that converts 230V to 12V 9/10 has a resistor inside of it so it doesn’t flicker hope this helps
The transformer which you cut off, is also a voltage regulator! , fit the 12v supply in place of the 230v plug supply, and then the outgoing to your tape and it will stop the flashing 👋👋
Need to connect capacitor between 12v and gnd. The bigger the capacitance, the much you filter lower frequency flicks. (330 microFarad will work for you I think)
The black lambo still needs a rear bumper of sorts, just to hide all of those fixings. Should see if you can get your hands on a damaged one and just keep the top 50mm or so as a trim piece to finish it off nicely. Bit of fibreglassing to give it a bottom edge, paint and it'll be golden. Had a chuckle at the rich people car comment... That from a bloke with a litteral collection of top end luxury cars from lambos, to Porsche, McLaren and Aston Martin! Merry Christmas!
On a bike we usually change out the relay when going over to a LED indicator from stock, but I reckon that wont work here seeing that you "tapt" power from other componements. You could try a 12 V resister though.
This has to be the first automotive channel where the second channel is as entertaining as the main channel. Well done Matt...
I forgot I was watching the second channel until reading this
I definitely like dde’s second channel. It’s a little more mellow than their main channel.
Got to agree. Hopefully it doesnt end up like dde’s.. sometimes i feel like they make videos just to make videos and that can get boring watching them talk about nothing .
3 in total..? Guy's busy doing good content
Mat armstrong is your new build is and audi R8
Thanks for the love Mat it’s been great fun building your lambo over the years! ❤ Have a good Xmas and hopefully come up for a tea next year. 😘
Great to see you mate! Have a lovely Christmas and thank you for trusting us with the Gallardo! ❤️❤️
Wouldn't trust you with a lawnmower
@@angrypants7619 good job you'll never be able to afford to use them anyway isn't it 😊
@@angrypants7619no worries! When you are rolling around in Supercars you can choose not to use us!! 👍🏼
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@@REPerformanceUK😅😅 excellent comeback! 👏
Ferrari Purgasaurus lol. Maybe a better name than Ferrari chose…. Definitely think you made it. Can’t let Hammond be right…😀
I respect Ferrari for always doing Italian names and never giving a damn who can pronounce them or not.
@ It just sucks they had to sue a charity to be able to use the name Purosangue
@@lotni Didn't know about that. I just know about the stupid "pureblood" translation controversy, where it should be "thoroughbred".
@ Oh yeah, I remember hearing about that. And the the fact that they sue so many people is ridiculous. It's always over something stupid
In Italian language "purosangue" is the opposite of the english word "bastard" usually used for animals likes horses. I think you can find the right translation
To stop the flickering a capacitor might work.
A Capacitor is like a water reservoir for but for electricity. So, if you have messy power coming in, it will flow evenly out the other side of the capacitor.
Or a resistor
Merry Christmas Matt, to you and yours! You truly are a bleedin' Legend! 🎄 🎉
Needs a resistor
@@natedostalik3538 Yea, I've heard of "anti-flicker" resistors alright, but I don't really understand how they'd fix the problem (even though they apparently do), unless maybe the input voltage was too high, or it was spiking?
Since resistors basically just lower the voltage and current in the circuit.
Whereas a capacitor is more like the cold water storage tank in your attic, so that you get a constant flow of water, and you don't get scorched if somebody runs the tap when you're in the shower..
@@Gobbbbb_"Needs a resistor"_ - Do you have an explanation for why it needs a resistor instead of a capacitor?
Thank you, Matt and the team! Wishing you all wonderful holidays with your family and friends. Thanks for a year of fun. You make us feel part of your adventure! Until next year!🤙🏻
Thanks for all of your hard work this year creating some of the best content on YT
Glad you enjoy it!
There is no better content on Utube. Happy Holidays
Btw mat a variable resistor should work on the leds
The part you called a converter is actually a LED driver which prevents the flicker, try putting a diode at the end of the LED strip
The flickering thing happens on motorbikes too. Grab an Oxford indicator resistor from a motorbike shop and you'll be set. Also with LED strip's, if you rough up the silicon cover of the strip, it will give a more even light along the length instead of individual lights. Love the videos, keep it up mate, you've inspired me to get cracking on my TT
I have this flickering with my Angel eyes in my Peugeot 206 they are wired in via “parking” lights do you reckon i need a resistor in it to?
If the parking light loom is configured for higher power delivery than then lights need (like from Halogen or Xenon to LED) a resistor typically fixes it. Resistors are usually pretty cheap, so I'd recommend giving it a go@@Ginokhu
Matt & the team , you’ll never know how much joy you bring us people who view your vlogs ! You guys deserve everything you achieve making these vlogs, thoroughly enjoyed the ones posted this year………… onwards and upwards in 2024 👏🏽
I watch a lot of content, your edits and story telling ability is second to none. Wishing you all including Kev a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New year. I'm excited to see your channel surpass the rest.
Hi Matt, not sure I entirely understand the flickering from your explanation, however, if you’re trying to mimic the power draw of a filament bulb to stop the ‘test flickers’ I’m sort of confident I know how to go about it.
You need to wire a low resistance resistor in parallel to the LEDs. About 2 Ohms. So just connect the positive and negatives of the led strip to either end of the resistor respectively. It wastes power, but the car will now see the LEDs as a 70W appliance (in theory). However, make sure it’s at least a 100W resistor. Downside is the resistors are a bit bulky in order to dissipate the heat.
Basically, just purchase a 100W 2 Ohm resistor.
Hope this can be of hope and that I haven’t made a huge error or overlooked a simpler solution!
Thank you Mat for all the great content this year and I hope you have a great Christmas! 🎄
I bet a buck converter would fix the light flicker, especially if it has a capacitor integrated into it.
Since it's going from AC to DC power, it's set to "refresh" the diodes at the same rate given a constant supplied input. Power grids offer fairly steady current, and that AC adapter box you lobbed off would transform that steady mains voltage down to a steady lower voltage with constant current going to the diodes.
The DC charging system on the other hand has varying current coming off of it, so you're getting to see the refresh rate of the diodes whenever it's out of phase with the input current...you need to take that "noisy" power and clean it up to the same constant current it's expecting to see, then you won't be able to see the flicker.
(Admittedly, I know nothing of Lamborghinis, but this solution was how we got LEDs to not flicker on motor scooters with stators.)
Merry X-mas, and keep up the excellent work!
your second channel is such a gem cause we love you so much we wanna see everything that you get up too everyday 😂😂👌🏾
I hope everybody had a merry Christmas and a very blessed day, Matt Armstrong. I love your RUclips channel. You have an inspired me and gave me the encourage just to start working on my own projects where back then I thought people would just talk about me where they’re just gonna talk about me anyway. Love the way you hold yourself up man keep it up. Thank you for building my encourage back up to do what I love. Have a blessed day to everyone.
The Gallardo is so sick🎉
Congratulations on an epic year. Happy Christmas to you all.
Mat, you are no doubt one of THE most charismatic and genuine people on RUclips.
You haven't developed a persona the more subs you got unlike some others that we have seen. Keep on doing what you do.
Here's an idea, do a collaborative with Colin Furze and ask him to build your your own batcave car lift and underground garage .
Merry Christmas mat too you and your family thank you
For a awesome year of of incredible updates on your channel. From South Africa 🇿🇦
Yeah, you need load resistors when going from incandescent to LED. They're really inexpensive though. I've upgraded my past cars/SUVs and motorcycles to LED and it prevents hyperflash if a turn signal or flickering if a steady light.
Merry Xmas Mat and team, hope you all have a great time with friends and family. Looking forward to your content for 2024.
Not sure how legal the underglow lights are but they look awesome. The word you are seeking for the flickering is Cambus
I think the Gallardo should get a rear bumper back on (give it a christmas present!), those tyres are going to throw so many stones up at whoever is unlucky enough to be following you.
I like the fact that they ran the intakes from the turbos to the rear upper fender (or wing) vents on the Gallardo. And that they put enclosed air filters with that duct work that goes up to those top fender grilles. And the center exhaust with dumps looks awesome. I think the factory air boxes have duct work that goes to those rear top grills so well done lol. Gotta make it factory or better I always say lol. Happy Holidays 🎄
Thanks Matt for another great year of entertainment, you should really have your own tv channel . Thank you Matt 🎉
Thanks mate!
Never work for a tv channel ! Now you can make your own choices .....
Amazing I have a caliber 12 Monaco, what’s the cost of the same service on that
Glad you kept the back end of the Lambo open. Looks the biz with the new pipes and painted turbos!! 👍
For the light flickering, try putting a relay in between. That should habe enough resistance for the Lambo control circuit to "look" like a bulb.
Matt, cracking year, I have a well deserved break, bring on the new year.
Thanks for all the videos this year Mat. It’s been great to watch the channel grow. Some of the best automotive content on RUclips imo. Happy Christmas.
Keep up the great work Matt! Whether you won the bet or not, we're all here to see the final product :)
Hey folks these creators are just so inspiring... hoping after you enjoy this content and between the wait time for their new uploads you may want to help us gain some traction on our content at Father and son Ferrari rescue.
Ferrari 458 salvage rebuild see how it goes so you can do this yourselves one day too!! Thanks in advance everyone.
Merry Christmas!! Thank you for everything that you do! I hope you have a wonderful holiday!
Love the vids mate
add a capacitor in parallel between the negative and positive pin of the led, this will keep the voltage stable
Merry Christmas Mat and no worries about the McLaren!! You did your thing and at least you got it started and running.. That alone is a victory. Enjoy your holidays 🎄🍾🥂🎉..
Merry Christmas to everyone @MA. I reckon I’ve spent as much time watching both channels as I have normal tv over the last 6 months. It’s been epic. Looking forward to see what you get up to in the new year 👍👏👏👏👏👏
Merry Christmas Mat, Hannah, Tony, The Crew & Kevin.
The LED's are not going to stop flickering.
Always drive LED products using an LED power supply that's designed for the job. ...
Make sure all your LED products are compatible with the control circuits and power supply you're using.
U copied that shit straight off the first result from google 😂 hahaha
@@Rekoyl116 correct after reading the instructions i had for a LED light kit from my sons old Peugeot which said it needs the power supply then i looked up Mat's lights which were for a home insulation I.E mains current (AC) but he is running them on 12v DC that was the clue that he needs a controller that led me to GOOGLE and less typing.🤣🤣🤣
You can wire a ballast load resister across the positive and negative of the leds to trick the system into thinking a bulb is still in there
@@leonsavern5729 Ah yes like some idiots have done to get rid of airbag lights on a dash I knew I had seen something with resistors but just couldn't remember exactly were.
15:30 There are "special" LED for CAN-nus controlled light. They have low resisters over plus and minis to stimulate a normal light bulb.
I suggest to buy one of those and solder the LED strip to it.
Petition to have Mat talk in an American accent for the next vid
The world don't revolve around america
You should take the Gallardo to carwow and do mat VS mat
You're getting pulled over 100% with the new exhaust and no bumper.
The Lambo exhaust is SAVAGE!!!
Hey matt, 50w, 6ohm in line resistors should sort the flickering and will stop the canbus throwing a fault code. It's because the canbus is expecting a cerrain voltage from bulbs and led's are a different voltage. Great job.
You need to get a better stick on the light aswell the factory tape on the back is terrible with rain slashing up off the road they will drop off onto your very hot exhaust and then fire 🔥
Hi Matt. Best case install a capacitor to stop the flickering. But if the LEDS are blinking then you still have some electrical issue. Resistors are good for old fashioned bulb flicker.
Great seeing the old crew back together in you're videos love you're content but it was always great when Liam and Chris were there to all hours on you ambitious builds, Also love the input from your dad Tony he brings a wealth of knowledge and good laughs
if you really wanted to run the a wire around steering rack/column. then end wire. make new wire to connect from end of column to steering wheel. Wrap that wire in something flexible but also solid. so that it can be twisted and wind itself up but then untwist itself. might not work just a thought that came to mind. I have a more complex idea if you want to know.
hey up Mat. You will need a capacitor (smoothes out current) not a resistor (restricts current), to stop that led from flashing 1000mf 25v will probably do it but don't hold me to it I'm only a hobby electrical guy.
We actually seen that in your lock up a video ago maybe. I was like omg that is beautiful
the reason why the LED's are flickering is because the car is Canbus, i think u can fix it with some kind of module or connect the car to vcds and see if u can change the license plate light to led or bulb, see if that makes a diffrence.
anyways Cheers Mat! lovely video as always
to stop the flicker... you can simply install a canbus on the lights. On cars that don't have bulb sensing you would use a resistor on turn signals so they flash at the correct speed, but with light sensing you need a canbus.
Hi, for number plate light to work properly, you need to put simple 12v bulb and hide somewhere, not LED. Or you can put capacitor on power contacts, but bulb would be better, not LED buld
Camera Mat: "It's 7PM *at night*".
Thank you for clarifying. I thought it was 7AM *at night*.
So good having friends ‘which’ are clever is hilarious! You’re a genius mat Merry Christmas everyone
Man the Lambo would look mental with the back bumper on and those exhausts sticking out of the middle
love these laid back videos it’s a quality watch and always has me laughing merry Christmas matt
If you want to stop the LED Flash add a 200mfd capacitor across the power plus to plugs, minus to ➖. It makes up for the power dropout.
I love that Gallardo way more than the Murci..
You need to wire in a resistor to stop the flashing
Flickering probably due to not enough current being drawn from the LED strip, put a resistor 50W - 6 ohm across the +ve and -ve, or as a temp fix just wire a sidelight bulb in place of the resistor and hide it somewhere. Anyway Merry Christmas and thanks for all the great videos.
Thank you Matt and your team for so much entertainment this year, I have no idea about cars and engineering but your channel has been a breath of fresh air! All the best for 2024!
Thats a super nice comment. I feel like I see a lot of hate on the internet so I just wanted to say your comment was a breath of fresh air!
To stop the flickering you need to place capacitors between the power supply and the LEDs. I suggest trying with a 500*10^-6 F capacitor.
“Can’t race a house, that’s why cars are better than houses” 😂
In the automotive industry, usually Diods need like 0.7V each, to overcome the resistance, with light emitting diods it's around 1.1, 1.2 V, You might have to calculate each LED by itself and how many yyou can link in one row to get it to work... you can have multiple strips at once, but it's important that they dont use more than 12Volts...
I dont know how much voltage the household ones use, you might haveto chack that before.
As someone else already mentioned, a capacitor might help
Get a couple of load resistors. LED’s flicker because the current draw is less than an incandescent bulb. Car thinks the bulb is gone but keeps trying to send more. Load resistor tricks the car into thinking a regular bulb is fitted. They do get hot though so keep that in mind
Not sure if someone already wrote this but you need a load resistor (old car won't have CAN bus on small lights), LEDs are much more efficient, so they draw less current, the car measures that current and thinks the bulb is dead, so you need increase that load.
If tell me what was the wattage of the old bulb/light whatever I can calculate and find online a suitable resistor.
Assuming 5W bulb then you will need around 30 or 33 Ohm resistor, 8-15W rated (good to give it some margin).
Have a great Xmas mat and family and team love the videos can’t wait for next year
Keep it simple and probably run it through a relay, the can bus drop won’t bother it. Had to do the same with jaguar and the weird switched live and reverse light for rear camera
I got you beat Mat! I once broke my ankle and it was pointing nearly 90 degrees outward in the wrong direction. 😬 I literally grabbed my foot without thinking and reset it myself. My buddy took me to the hospital where the surgeon knocked me out to evaluate the damage. After I woke up, I asked the doctor how I did and she was thoroughly impressed 😂. Now I have titanium rods on both sides but I’ve gained full function of my ankle. It’s better than my “good” one now. 😎
Massive Merry Christmas to all involved with the Channel. By far my favourite channel on RUclips!
Oh man, I’m watching this video and screaming/laughing at the flames coming out the back! Epic, absolutely epic and the video so entertaining, pergasaurus! 😂😂😂
Hi Matt,
You might want to check the construction and use regulations regarding the white lights at the back. The regs say you are not allowed white light to be emitted from the rear of a vehicle in motion except for reverse lamps when moving backwards and the rear Registration plate illumination (which mustn't face outwardly).
Put a small light bar on the rear like we put on trucks it will solve your problem and look really good to show the exhaust off
to stop clipping of your LEDs. try connecting a diode in series with the LEDs.
Feed the LED strip off a 12 volt from the ignition circuit. You could get a cheap hantek oscilloscope to look at the flicker on the supply.
Happy Xmas to you and all Matt. My favourite channels of the year. Thank you
Great to have the Gallardo back. What a weapon that is! 😅
Mat your videos and personality are addictive man. Love it
Glad you like them!
great update, have a cool christmas and fantastic new year ,
Happy Christmas 🎄 Mat and the gang, hope you have a great break.. 👍
I have access to lots of 240 v to 12 v modules for tablets. Will sort you out after Christmas time. It will stop you're blinking issue hehe 🎄👉👌👌
You’ll have to change the colour of the LED at the rear. You can’t display white light to the rear of a car in the UK.
Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you, Hanna and the rest of the crew.
I would just filter that flicker out with a big capacitor inline on the voltage wire. This will make the cap act as a battery, charging up and releasing a smooth and constant voltage. If it still flickers, up the value of the cap. Start at a 1000uf 20v cap.
I had an ‘86 SAAB 900 and an ‘88 SAAB 900 turbo…. The turbo sounded so fricken awesome!!!! Merry Christmas to you and all your team, thanks for all the great content!!!
Mat, it seems the car has blown-bulb detection. Incandescent and halogen bulbs draw a lot more current than LED ones. Since the car expects a minimum current draw from the lights, you need CAN Bus LED bulbs. You can probably get away with installing an appropriately sized load resistor to trick the system. Try powering the whole LED strip and see if that makes the problem go away.
I wire control panels for steel mills, and done a LED from halogen swap on my truck and yes you do need a resistor, had the same type of issue when I did the swap, the white box that converts 230V to 12V 9/10 has a resistor inside of it so it doesn’t flicker hope this helps
The transformer which you cut off, is also a voltage regulator! , fit the 12v supply in place of the 230v plug supply, and then the outgoing to your tape and it will stop the flashing 👋👋
From the moment i found your channel ive been hooked, amazing content this year. Have an amazing xmas Matt
Thanks for blessing us all year with some quality entertainment! Have a good Christmas and look forward to what’s to come 👍
Merry Christmas to you all. Thank you so much for the great videos.
Thanks for a great 2023 bro. Loved every second of every vid x
Need to connect capacitor between 12v and gnd. The bigger the capacitance, the much you filter lower frequency flicks. (330 microFarad will work for you I think)
A map of the world's most fastest Lamborghini Gallardo it is mind blowing 🤯 I was watching your videos for 5 years
As a mid 30s dude with 40 years experience at lambo and in electrics i want to say you did a good job. Hope yeah had a good christmas yall.
You guys should absolutely go to the Shmoosem that would be insane.😊 Merry Christmas Mat and everyone I've been loving the videos.
Thank you for all the amazing content throughout the year! Happy holidays! 🎄❤
Yes swapping over to LEDS needs a resistor, pretty surprised you don't know that, but me a non mechanic does.
The black lambo still needs a rear bumper of sorts, just to hide all of those fixings.
Should see if you can get your hands on a damaged one and just keep the top 50mm or so as a trim piece to finish it off nicely. Bit of fibreglassing to give it a bottom edge, paint and it'll be golden.
Had a chuckle at the rich people car comment... That from a bloke with a litteral collection of top end luxury cars from lambos, to Porsche, McLaren and Aston Martin!
Merry Christmas!
On a bike we usually change out the relay when going over to a LED indicator from stock, but I reckon that wont work here seeing that you "tapt" power from other componements. You could try a 12 V resister though.
Have a wonderful Christmas to you all !! Thanks for the amazing content you give us, best series on the Internet . Can’t wait for the special mate 😉
I agree, this is becoming one of my favourite channels. I love the rebuilds!
Great update on the Lambo’s. Have a great Christmas all