Brake LED not working properly

[Drew]

That flicking your getting would tend to suggest its poled back to front as LED's will only work with a true positive to positive connection unlike incandescent globes which will work either way as long as there is power & earth.

Go back & check the light socket itself (without the globe in) as Yendor suggested & see your getting positive power at the 2xcontact points in the bottom or on the side of the socket wall.

There is only one contact point on the bottom. But I will check.

[threedogs]

It may have worn the solder away on the contacts, common if lots of off road encountered

[Yendor]

There is only one contact point on the bottom. But I will check.

You will need to check it with the bulb out

[patch697]

There is only one contact point on the bottom. But I will check.

Well that discounts an issue in the contact alinement in the bottom of the plug but the poling still needs to be checked none the less.

So I take it, its only a stop light & not a stop tail where the problem is???

[Drew]

I went back and checked the poles and noticed what I didn't see before so a - on the multimeter.

Well I'm no sparky (see above ) so I took the inside panel off to see if the connector was on wrong and found this.

Am I right that even though red goes to the middle pin and black to outside on the socket that the connector is arse about ?

If so which way is easier, rejoin the wires somewhere between the socket & connector or get an auto elec to fix the connector or redo the socket ?.

[Yendor]

So the housing is positive and the centre pin is the negative, this is why the LED is not working.

I would just cut the wires between the socket and connector and rejoin them the correct way around.

[Drew]

So the housing is positive and the centre pin is the negative, this is why the LED is not working.

I would just cut the wires between the socket and connector and rejoin them the correct way around.

Yup.

How stoopid am I thinking Nissan would do it right

[Yendor]

It makes you wonder doesn't....how could they get something so basic wrong.

There lucky the lights are all plastic and above ground.

With incandescent bulbs it doesn't matter which way the pos. and neg. are they will still work, LEDs it's a different story.

[GUIIIpatrol]

I have the same problem only mine is wired correctly. Centre is +ve and and the side is -ve.
A normal globe works fine.
The LED i'm wanting to put in there is the same type and base as the indicator in the lights in the bumper bar. I have put it in there and it works fine so the LED is ok.

Any other suggestions as to why it wont work in the barn door?

[Yendor]

I have the same problem only mine is wired correctly. Centre is +ve and and the side is -ve.
A normal globe works fine.
The LED i'm wanting to put in there is the same type and base as the indicator in the lights in the bumper bar. I have put it in there and it works fine so the LED is ok.

Any other suggestions as to why it wont work in the barn door?

Are your sure the polarity is around the right way?. Positive must be the centre pin and the housing body negative for an LED to work.

I would double check this.