Fog light led conversion, Anyone done it? Options

[GeorgeRud]

I was wondering if anyone has swapped out the original 35w bulb in the early round (worthless) fog lights for some LEDs? It should make a nice option and could be used as daytime running lights to help defend ourselves against today's brain dead drivers.

BTW, does anyone else have trouble with the search function giving too many results that don't seem to be relavent?

[rgolia]

Maybe spoke would be willing to make these up for those of us with poor eyesight and poor soldering skills. I have Spokes led lights as well. Should we PM Jerry?

[Spoke]

Maybe spoke would be willing to make these up for those of us with poor eyesight and poor soldering skills. I have Spokes led lights as well. Should we PM Jerry?

Ralph, thanks for thinking about me.

I've shied away from these high power applications since they involve expensive LEDs and heatsinking like the worklight from Amazon mentioned earlier in this thread.

The boards I've done would be classified as "indicator lamp replacements" versus high power beams. The Amazon worklight burns 27W whereas my 914 brake boards burn less than 5W.

A difference between my boards and items like headlight and fog light is the beam. Turnsignals and brake lights should throw light in all directions which is why many lenses and reflectors have dimples and other diamond patterns.

Headlights and foglights need to be shaped beams such that they have good horizontal dispersion and a tight cutoff upwards as to not blind oncoming drivers. For example the worklight mentioned has a 30 degree beam dispersion. This parameter usually means 30 degree is the 1/2 light energy angle. So if the light is mounted horizontally, the 1/2 power angle is 15 degrees upwards and downwards. If these are very bright they may blind oncoming drivers.

I've seen a couple of trucks with large white LED panel mounted on the front of the cab. These were extremely bright and not a focused beam. I would imagine they may be illegal used as a forward light on a vehicle. The LED panel is likely targeted for general lighting and not for forward vehicle lighting.

[rgolia]

Maybe spoke would be willing to make these up for those of us with poor eyesight and poor soldering skills. I have Spokes led lights as well. Should we PM Jerry?

Ralph, thanks for thinking about me.

I've shied away from these high power applications since they involve expensive LEDs and heatsinking like the worklight from Amazon mentioned earlier in this thread.

The boards I've done would be classified as "indicator lamp replacements" versus high power beams. The Amazon worklight burns 27W whereas my 914 brake boards burn less than 5W.

A difference between my boards and items like headlight and fog light is the beam. Turnsignals and brake lights should throw light in all directions which is why many lenses and reflectors have dimples and other diamond patterns.

Headlights and foglights need to be shaped beams such that they have good horizontal dispersion and a tight cutoff upwards as to not blind oncoming drivers. For example the worklight mentioned has a 30 degree beam dispersion. This parameter usually means 30 degree is the 1/2 light energy angle. So if the light is mounted horizontally, the 1/2 power angle is 15 degrees upwards and downwards. If these are very bright they may blind oncoming drivers.

I've seen a couple of trucks with large white LED panel mounted on the front of the cab. These were extremely bright and not a focused beam. I would imagine they may be illegal used as a forward light on a vehicle. The LED panel is likely targeted for general lighting and not for forward vehicle lighting.

Thanks Jerry - I really only use the fogs as day-time running lights and thought they would look better if they matched the color of your boards. I knew this wasn't gonna be easy. Love your LEDs. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)