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LED taillight
Written by douglasvanb on 10/25/2010 at 02:11 am

I looked into LED bulbs for the tail lights and turn signals late last year.
From what I saw then, I wasn't comfortable with using any of them as drop-in
replacements on my PC. Various problems like fit, the way the light is
delivered, etc, turned me off. At some point in the future I'm considering
making LED inserts for the tail lights and turn signals. Rather than a drop-in
bulb, they would replace the reflectors and be up very close or against the
light and signal lenses with a few diffuser plates installed for good measure.

Time, money, and some circuitry have prevented me from doing it to date.
Someday... someday...

If you find satisfactory drop-in LED bulbs, I'd absolutely love to hear about
them!

Cheers,

Douglas

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "aek_alex" <aek_alex@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone used different bulbs for taillights?
>
> May some bright flashing ones.
>
> Any suggestions on brighter LED Bulbs?
>
> I want to be a little safer by doing this.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>

Message Thread for message #98167

aek_alex
10/25/2010, 01:38 am		LED taillight
Has anyone used different bulbs for taillights? May some bright flashing ones. Any suggestions on brighter LED Bulbs? I want to be a little safer by doing this. Thanks, Alex

    		douglasvanb
    10/25/2010, 02:11 am    		LED taillight
    I looked into LED bulbs for the tail lights and turn signals late last year. From what I saw then, I wasn't comfortable with using any of them as drop-in replacements on my PC. Various problems like fit, the way the light is delivered, etc,

      		csury
      10/25/2010, 02:48 am      		LED taillight
      I want to use LEDs where I can so as to maximize power available for battery charging and accessories. These 68-LED towers work well in the rear turn signals. h

    		goldwingman40
    10/25/2010, 04:18 am    		LED taillight
    Alex, I use #2357 bulbs in the tailights to be a little brighter and for the center light I went to the larger diameter bulb, I think it might be #905 but not sure and am not up in the shop, for higher output equal to the tailights. Fre

    		waynedoenges
    10/25/2010, 11:38 am    		LED taillight
    I have LED brake and turn signal lights. I love them. The brake lights flash 20 times a second for 2 seconds and than go solid. I saved a full volt on my voltmeter with them. I plan on replacing the licence plate and rear turn signal lights t

    		alfr4d
    10/25/2010, 09:03 pm    		LED taillight
    I have them for one season now and I am satisfied but would like to share on how. the picture is at http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5578/ledlampjes.jpg The color

      		douglasvanb
      10/25/2010, 09:14 pm      		LED taillight
      What did you do to make the turn signals flash at the proper rate? Anything special done so you don't burn out the self-canceling turn signal module? And here I was trying to save money this fall! :-) Cheers, Douglas ---

        		dl_page
        10/26/2010, 07:45 pm        		LED taillight
        For info, I bought a series of LED signal and running/break lights. Thank you Ebay Hong Kong... For the running lights, no problems (except a bulb I badly installed fell out of the holder and I spent 40 minutes and swearwords in 2 languag

          		wkaufmann2000
          10/26/2010, 07:58 pm          		LED taillight
          Am 26.10.2010 21:45, schrieb dl_page: > > The turn indicators were sold as "containing resistors to work with indicator relay", though in practice, my indicators work at about 120 flashes per minute (ok, still legal - barel

            		dl_page
            10/26/2010, 08:10 pm            		LED taillight
            Hum.... are you sure about that? If you have less load on the circuit (for example a blown bulb that is now open circuit), half the load=twice the flashing speed. Surely you want to increase the load to drop the speed down? Cheers, Dan

              		wkaufmann2000
              10/26/2010, 08:53 pm              		LED taillight
              Daniel, I am pretty sure ! Of course you want to increase the load, but you do this by lowering the total resistance (=parallel) so that more current can flow, not by increasing the total resistance (= in line). If you have

                		dl_page
                10/26/2010, 10:21 pm                		LED taillight
                Wolfgang, It's late and i'm getting confused, you are correct. I'm sorry :) Adding a resistor in series would work, but it would also drop the voltage to the LED and make the bulb less bright - not good for a safety feature! Th