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Originally posted by Ali Al-Chalabi
If you put in LEDs most likely your bulb out indicator light will come on. The system knows how much of a current draw there is supposed to be. Since LEDs draw less current, the system willl think there is a bulb buned out and trigger the lamp.
I have not looked into it myself but I believe that you could install a resister somewhere to bring current back to the correct draw. Just be careful of how hot the resister gets and where it is located. If not, you could always pull the idiot light out, but that is a shortcut.
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Actually, the bulb out indicator reacts to an imbalance of current to any pair of monitored lights. Since the LED's would be drawing the same amount of current, the reed switch would not close and the light would not be lighted. A resistor would not be needed.
I hope this helps.
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