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xetmes

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Posted: August 02, 2004 at 8:32 PM / IP Logged

yea like that, you could even use 110, or 100 ohm resistors to be a little brighter...

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lilboi

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Posted: August 02, 2004 at 8:55 PM / IP Logged

the leds i've bought are really bright. I like them. Now i have to find a extra set of tail lights so i can do the conversion

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lilboi

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Posted: August 02, 2004 at 8:59 PM / IP Logged

BTW, i'm using these for the turn signal. So will i have troublem with electrical? i'm using 30 leds, so will it hyper blink? also does it use more energy then a standard halogen. I'm currently running a 1000watt system, and can't afford more power loss.

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xetmes

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Posted: August 02, 2004 at 9:25 PM / IP Logged

30 will draw around a quarter amp (.25 A)

what wattage are the bulbs in there? the leds would be equiv current draw of about a 3 W bulb

One thing that is commonly done to make them brighter is to flash them, fast enough so the human eye cant tell, that way it can hadle more current in the pulses...

i would recommend as many as possible LED tail light conversion - Page 2 -- posted image.

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lilboi

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Posted: August 04, 2004 at 2:46 AM / IP Logged

3w for 30 leds? How many led's to make it so it doesn't flash. I don't want that hyper bink sh*t.

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xetmes

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Posted: August 04, 2004 at 9:52 AM / IP Logged

what size bulb is in there now?

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lilboi

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Posted: August 07, 2004 at 6:45 AM / IP Logged

3497

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xetmes

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Posted: August 07, 2004 at 8:23 AM / IP Logged

as far as I can tell those are 21 Watts, if you want the same current draw to you do

so you could do 70 sets of LEDs (210 lol!)

or you could use a resistor to burn off power

or you could replace the flasher <-- preferred

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lilboi

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Posted: August 08, 2004 at 3:46 AM / IP Logged

flasher?

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lilboi

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Posted: August 10, 2004 at 2:16 PM / IP Logged

I'm thinking about soldering a single resistor to each light. Is that to much? Check out this thread.

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=115338&perpage=15&highlight=led&pagenumber=4

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