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| icedogbill |
 Jun 30 2006, 07:00 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 42 Joined: 31-July 04 From: louisville,tennessee Member No.: 2,424  |
Need a source for LEd lights and sockets
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| MBowman325 |
Jun 30 2006, 08:23 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 465 Joined: 14-July 05 From: Oklahoma City, OK Member No.: 4,413 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I need five or so of the winning Lotto numbers for here by Saturday. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
What are you going to use them for? Digi-Key may be a good source for you. Unfortunately, my dog ate my DIgi-Key catalog a week or so after I got it in, and I've not gotten another one. You can look online, or order one, they're free and huge. There's another place at the edge of my mind, but I can't recall the name... |
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| lapuwali |
Jun 30 2006, 09:05 AM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743  |
Superbright LEDS makes LED "bulbs" using std. auto bulb bases of several types. I haven't tried to use these myself, yet.
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| icedogbill |
Jun 30 2006, 09:30 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 42 Joined: 31-July 04 From: louisville,tennessee Member No.: 2,424 |
Going to use the lights in my third brakelight.The existing lights get way to hot and 32-Watt current draw is way to extreme.Feel as though there is a fire danger with
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| Joe Bob |
Jun 30 2006, 10:06 AM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
Best to buy another third brake light. Engman used to have some nice units from a Corvette.
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| Engman |
Jun 30 2006, 10:50 AM
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Zoisite Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,349 Joined: 25-March 03 From: New Albany, IN Member No.: 475 |
Thanks for the plug but they be gone Tim.
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| MBowman325 |
Jun 30 2006, 01:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 465 Joined: 14-July 05 From: Oklahoma City, OK Member No.: 4,413 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I've not had much experience with LEDs in my cars. A PO put them as Dash lights and license plate lights in the Aero, and I pulled them. (Due to the nature of LEDs, I personally do not believe that they are viable replacements for gauge bulbs or applications where you expect to dimm them)
For a 3rd tail light, as a drop in bulb replacement, there should be some out there. Not sure how many bulbs your 3rd light uses, I know 1-2 seems std on my cars, but if you have a longer one that uses 4, and you're so inclined, gut your old one and build one yourself. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Maybe not in that order. COuld do some fun things if you went that route, maybe. (I just looked over the site that James posted, looks like interesting stuff, and they say that their LEDs will dimm properly in a gauge cluster, so companies must be doing something different with their "bulbs" than they were several years ago.) |
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| lapuwali |
Jun 30 2006, 01:20 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 |
There are some LED "light bars" available in several places, which are often suitable for third brake lights. These usually use 8-12 LEDs.
I saw the comment about dimming on the Superbright site, and I'm a bit puzzled, too. I don't claim to know enough about voodoo analog electronics to explain this. I intend to try their bulbs at some point, as a fairly low priority item on a very long project list. |
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| Brando |
Jun 30 2006, 08:23 PM
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BUY MY SPARE KIDNEY!!! Group: Members Posts: 3,935 Joined: 29-August 04 From: Santa Ana, CA Member No.: 2,648 Region Association: Southern California |
I also suggest Super Bright LEDs. Only thing is, with our cars you will need a suitable electronic flasher unit, as our cars use an older heating element to trigger the switching on/off of blinking lights.
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| Stieve |
Jul 9 2006, 06:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 587 Joined: 6-May 06 From: Sacramento Member No.: 5,996 |
Anyone do this? I am thinking about LED tail lights
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| scotty b |
Jul 9 2006, 06:30 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
QUOTE("Z" @ Jun 30 2006, 08:06 AM)  Best to buy another third brake light. Engman used to have some nice units from a Corvette. ?Interesting? side note. We had a '91 Alfa spyder in last week for some repair werk. Bone stock car with a factory3rd brake light that was identical to the Vette 3rd brakelight. |
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