LED Gauge Install

[capricefrk013]

The only reason why I say that was because I used a 1000ohm on some bright blue LED's and popped em pretty quick. Stepped down and to 470 and they were dimmer by a very small amount but stayed working.

But stay safe and use the calculator.

 

[borahshadow]

The only reason why I say that was because I used a 1000ohm on some bright blue LED's and popped em pretty quick. Stepped down and to 470 and they were dimmer by a very small amount but stayed working.

But stay safe and use the calculator.

That confuses me because a 1k ohm would let less power pass and therefore pop the LED less quickly. vice versa for the 470. The only thing I could think is if the resistor went bad and shorted thereby becoming a 0 ohm resistor... Were you trying to pull too much power through a 1/4 watt resistor?

 

[silverado13]

you can find these bulbs cheap as hell on ebay, i have like 4 different colors for the entire truck

 

[joshjuniorr]

done this to mine couple weeks ago in red, looks good, now to see what else i can change out

i just did mine and i went with the 120's they arent bright at all by chance do you remember which bulbs you went with?

 

[silverado13]

where did you get them from. i got some yellow ones i was going to use for the floor and they sucked so bad, almost couldnt tell they were lit, but i got them from some knock off brand website, if you get them from superbrightleds.com. they are going to be pretty good

 

[joshjuniorr]

i got them from superbright. My truck is a 92 so its got the older style gauge cluster. Not sure if thats the issue or not. I also used the twist ins from a buddy of mines crown vic he had extras. they fit snug so i dont believe thats the issue. they were the red 120 degree ones. i'll have to do some digging in the dash.

 

[joshjuniorr]

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Thats what I got. That one needs to be changed.but the others only barely light the redline stuff...

 

[silverado13]

id test them if i were you, find a interior light socket in your truck and plug it in and see how brigtht it is

 

[joshjuniorr]

yeah ill do that tonight once the sun starts to go down. Its 92 out right now and prob a good 20 degrees or so warmer in the garage.

 

[silverado13]

92? thats it, it hasnt been under 100 degrees in louisiana in a month lol, 92 sounds great