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Thank you!
Steve, I just want to say thank you for undertaking this... I got a pair of your green ones installed this week, and it's a big improvement over my old incandescent bulbs! I've been intending to do this myself for years, but you made it easy Also, good job communicating and being responsive to my questions.
Kurt
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I have more if anyone wants to give these a try. I took some current measurements of the incandescent bulb vs green LED. LED draws 4 x less! 240 milli amps incandescent 50 milli amps LED
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The average LED is rated for 100,000 hours before failure too. Many in industry use a 60k hour figure due to lumen drop off after use.
60k hours is 2500 days Incandescent ?? How long do your house hold ones last ?
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WOW, what a difference is all I can say. Just had my first nighttime driving experience after installing these and who knew we could check our gauges after dark...
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I installed them (green led dash lights) a couple weeks back but drove at night for the first time tonight. WOW! Love the green contrast and it's ease on the eyes. Best interior lighting improvement I've done.
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I would like to convert the center consul bulbs (all control buttons and shifter etc). Someone please email me a guide or more info. IF you have already converted some for sale, I would be interested in ordering also.
thanks tfrentz@hotmail |
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I drove with version 1.0 white LED's and I love it.
Converting all the other lighting would complete the look but I don't think the led's will fit in the small sockets for the buttons etc. Hope I'm wrong.
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I have green cluster illumination LED's for anyone that would like a set. They really make a difference in contrast/ legibility. You can even see them in daylight.
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Before you get into surface mount itty bittys, Id see if some 3mm leds fit.
Bout any color available in 3mm from ebay.
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did you spin your own pcb's or is that a 12v led module?
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