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chrish sri

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Posted: March 10, 2008 at 2:10 PM / IP Logged

Hi guys

I am having trouble with trying to get some 501 type LED bulbs to work on my 06 Vauxhall Astra H (Saturn Astra in the States)

I have heard that because of the Can-Bus system it doesnt like the low low voltage needed to run the LEDS is this right and if so how would i go about sorting it out

Cheers in advance

Chris

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Posted: March 10, 2008 at 3:57 PM / IP Logged

What kind of problem are you having? What kind of bulbs are you trying to install?

You may be having an issue where the load isn't enough to make the electronics happy, but that has nothing to do with the CAN-bus. If your load is too small you can either wire in some load resistors or use the original bulbs with the LEDs. You could even hide the original bulb so it can't be seen.

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chrish sri

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Posted: March 11, 2008 at 3:05 AM / IP Logged

these are the figures

11 - 16 V dc

100 ma power consumption

Fully Regulated - Designed to last

this is the bulb - its a 501 wedge type bulb

[IMG]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/c12k11w79li/u501whp3.jpg[/IMG]

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What kind of problem are you having?

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chrish sri

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Posted: March 11, 2008 at 6:55 AM / IP Logged

just not turning on when i put the side lights on

gtinash

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Posted: March 11, 2008 at 7:37 AM / IP Logged

Mine worked just fine led bulbs 501 type on a canbus system -- posted image.

KPierson

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Are you sure the bulbs are good? That is odd that they don't light up at all.

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dudehitt

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Posted: March 11, 2008 at 10:48 AM / IP Logged

did you try turning them around? LED's are polarized, unlike regular bulbs.

chrish sri

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Posted: March 11, 2008 at 1:47 PM / IP Logged

No i havent with these one i'll try it, if not i'll source some load resistors

chrish sri

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gtinash wrote:

Mine worked just fine led bulbs 501 type on a canbus system -- posted image.

but you have an old car, a big old car lol

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