I put some new BRIGHT Stop/Tail light LEDS in my 82ZX, and a new flasher that works with LEDS but still need to override the sensor that controls the little display on the dashboard, that says the bulb is burnt out. I see in the FSM (pg EL-73 ) the RL and RG wires to the box under the passenger seat. Taking it apart, there are two coils with reed switches inside of them.
Measuring from RG to ground I see 2.7 Ohms with all the incandescent bulbs in.
This says to me that I need to draw 12v/2.7ohm = 4.4 amps or 4.4A * 12V = 52 Watts!!! That seems reasonable to me given that there were 8 incandescent bulbs on that circuit originally.
BUT I don't want to put a huge HONKING resister to fake out the the display, has anyone come up with a better idea? Anyone manage to outsmart the sensor?