so basicly, what i have is an led strobe kit. i have oodles of led's on it, it has 2 outputs rated at 3A per output. im drawing 1.24A per side so im not even half way to its peak. however, its not putting out +12 on the strobe outputs.
BTW, its a sho-me 11.1005 LED Flasher - Standard from here: https://www.electro-tech-online.com/custompdfs/2007/05/11_1005_1005SF_instructions.pdf
so, basicly, i need a transistor i believe as they are current switchers and are very very fast. i could be done already w/ relays, but the click click would get annoying and i dont think theyd last one show.. LOL.. so basicly, i want to put in some transistors but cant figure out which one i need. as i need one that triggers from like 3V-15V and will output exaclty what is fed at the collector, so in this case, would be 13.4V (my cars V at idle)
things i've tried already to head off questions... took some jumpers and added to the ground of the "kit" to test if it had sufficent ground, all good. added a 16ga jumper to the power wire to make sure it was getting enough +12V, all good. measured my current draw of the led's per side to see if i had a short, all good, both sides 1.24A (tested not strobeing, lit up the led's via the DVM on I to constant 12V). put DVM on strobe outputs and it tested like 6V at the highest as my fluke cant read it till it slows down but 6V is the only number i can read on my meter as the strobe flash goes down.
thanks in advance, hope i made sense as im kinda a noob...
BTW, its a sho-me 11.1005 LED Flasher - Standard from here: https://www.electro-tech-online.com/custompdfs/2007/05/11_1005_1005SF_instructions.pdf
so, basicly, i need a transistor i believe as they are current switchers and are very very fast. i could be done already w/ relays, but the click click would get annoying and i dont think theyd last one show.. LOL.. so basicly, i want to put in some transistors but cant figure out which one i need. as i need one that triggers from like 3V-15V and will output exaclty what is fed at the collector, so in this case, would be 13.4V (my cars V at idle)
things i've tried already to head off questions... took some jumpers and added to the ground of the "kit" to test if it had sufficent ground, all good. added a 16ga jumper to the power wire to make sure it was getting enough +12V, all good. measured my current draw of the led's per side to see if i had a short, all good, both sides 1.24A (tested not strobeing, lit up the led's via the DVM on I to constant 12V). put DVM on strobe outputs and it tested like 6V at the highest as my fluke cant read it till it slows down but 6V is the only number i can read on my meter as the strobe flash goes down.
thanks in advance, hope i made sense as im kinda a noob...