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LED conversion difficulties
Written by douglasvanb on 2/13/2012 at 07:57 pm

Alfred,

With respect to the T10 wedge-style base bulbs that are in the center license
plate/ tail light position and behind every gauge in the instrument cluster, the
bulbs I found (and linked to in a previous post) save 4 watts per bulb (if you
believe the manufacturers). There are 11 bulbs of that style on a stock PC800.
That adds up to big savings fast if extra watts are what you're going for.

Two years ago when I first looked into converting to LED, the bulbs on the
market weren't acceptable. They've improved quite a bit since then. In another
two years I bet they'll be even better. Have you looked around recently to see
what you can source domestically? There might be a better option that is red
for your tail lights. The ones I got for the brake lights were red. I had to
settle for a white T10 bulb for the tail light/license plate bulb though. Can't
have everything :-)

Cheers!

Douglas

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Alfred W" <alfred.wams@...> wrote:
>
> These are my taillights Dave, because they seem so much bigger.
>
> http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5578/ledlampjes.jpg
>
> The lights were not red and they really have to be, so I do not know where to
acquire. It was bought years ago, when there was no choice in color of light. I
bought them on e-bay.
>
> The middle and license plate light is a small bulb and they do not make lights
with lots of white light shining downwards and red light up front. Do not bather
this bulb but replace it with a clean conventional one (they will turn black on
the inside long before they burn out). After-all an LED light is not completely
without load either and in only one such small bulb there is not a lot to gain.
>
> Alfred
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Long" <dave13@> wrote:
> >
> > Doug [et al]:
> >
> >
> >
> > First, a question. What LEDs did you use in the tail/brake lights? I used
> > an 1157(red) replacement and it's a bayonet style that shoots the light
> > upward. At night it's OK, but other riders complain by day. I'm trying to
> > find a reasonably priced 1157 LED that has the "right angle" configuration
> > for the PC's rear light setup. This was to fix my incandescent bulbs that
> > were dim. I guess that this didn't fix my problem.
> >
> >
> >
> > Next, my experience. I have a brake light modulator that flashed the lights
> > three times before they stay on for the duration of braking. I am not sure
> > of the brand name-it came with my PC800 so I didn't acquire/install it
> > myself. That seems to alleviate the need for resistors in-line with the
> > LEDs. [Oh, why are you against some small resistors with the LEDs?]
> >
> >
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > 89 PC800
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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