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| Grngoat |
 Feb 1 2006, 12:35 AM
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Lurker Member  Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 17-October 04 From: Fort Worth, TX Member No.: 2,967 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
Does anyone have any experience with the LED lighting that North Hollywood Speedometer does? Especially, how does it compare to just buying the LED bulbs that are avaliable as replacements?
The price that they charge to convert the gauges is quite a bit more than just buying the bulbs. I'm just wondering if they do that much better of a job or not. Anyone? |
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| lapuwali |
Feb 2 2006, 03:22 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743  |
The way I understood it, most LEDs have such a non-linear brightness to current curve that just using a pot usually nets you: BRIGHT................dim..off. With no change between BRIGHT and dim. With PWM, you can get a more linear curve, much more like incandescents.
I agree there's not much point to all of this. I suspect most people like LED taillights (where the current savings can be more significant), and want LEDs for everything. |
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Grngoat LED lit gauges Feb 1 2006, 12:35 AM
bd1308 the LED bulbs dont spread light outward, so you... Feb 1 2006, 06:42 AM nein14 Not cheap, I called a while back. To do 3 914 gaug... Feb 1 2006, 07:19 AM ewdysar When I talked to the NH Speedo guys, they said tha... Feb 1 2006, 05:14 PM lapuwali Several people swear up and down LEDs are dimmable... Feb 1 2006, 06:21 PM GeorgeRud NH does quite a conversion on the instruments. I ... Feb 1 2006, 06:25 PM North Bay 914 I bought those bulbs as well, off ebay. I took the... Feb 1 2006, 09:28 PM Grngoat Yeah, $250 is what they quoted for all three ... Feb 2 2006, 12:11 AM davesprinkle 
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