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Originally Posted by Strife
I'm also working on hyper-bright (>15 candela) LED's for instrument panel lighting and turn signals. I was annoyed last summer because the turn signals are hard to see with the top down. I caught myself doing the thing I can't stand seeing other people do! I'm an electronic geek mostly; the current draw of each LED will be within 5% of the "real" bulb so as not to upset any electronic systems.
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Interesting projects. potential problem with LED use in an incandescent designed guage is that the LEDs have a narrow beam of light. Standard instrument cluster bulbs wash the guage face with light. There are special LEDS that attempt to achieve the same effect but they fall short.