RE: [DML] More on LEDs

[Rod Dillman <rhdillman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well my festoon LEDs came in the mail today and I installed them in the trunk and engine compartment.I got them from superbrightleds.com. I ordered 2 of the 3910 White bulbs which is the replacement size for those areas. I also ordered a 4211 White to see if a larger and hopefully brighter bulb would work in either location. It would not. When installing the first bulb I must have reversed the polarity and I blew the 10 amp fuse to the door lights. After putting in a new fuse I had no more problems.  The bulbs give off a bluish white light and I agree with others that neither location has enough light for night time use whether you use LEDs or stock bulbs. I also keep a small flashlight for those times I may need real light. The LEDs will be great for car shows. Someone needs to market an LED conversion kit for the inside of the engine compartment
light case which adds 3 more light spaces inside the case. With 4 LEDs in the case maybe it would give off adequate light for night useage. The bulbs I ordered for the AC panel were from another source and they have not arrived yet.
Video Bob <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Thanks for the support!
I appreciate it.
I tried so many different bulbs until I found the one's I liked.
I have a box of misc. single bulbs of all the different one's I tried out!

Anyway, I have been out of stock since Pigeon Forge and there were a lot
of people I had to turn away, and several have e-mailed me asking for them.
Well, I finally have a batch coming now, about 20 sets.
These should last about a week or two.
So please get your orders in now so that if I need to order more I will
be able to quickly.

Thanks.
- Videobob
http://www.dfwdmc.com


>From: Rod Dillman 
>Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [DML] More on LEDs
>Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 20:01:12 -0700 (PDT)
>
>While sitting on the motel room porch one evening at Pigeon Forge, I saw 
>two DeLoreans side by side each with the doors up. I could tell that one 
>had LED bulbs and the other incandescant. It was a great opportunity to 
>take a scientific poll on the two bulbs. I asked my fiance and her mother 
>if they noticed any differance in the lights and if so which they prefered. 
>Without hesitation both picked the LED bulbs as being brighter and more 
>red. The red lights were the only ones that could be seen from our point 
>of view. The LEDs were the ones Video Bob sells and I bought a set the next 
>day. I have since installed them in my doors and really like the fact that 
>I can now leave one or both doors up at car shows. I have ordered LEDs for 
>the AC panel and festoon LEDs for the trunk and engine compartment but have 
>not received them yet. Four of the old bulbs were hard to get out of the 
>sockets but they finally came out(I broke two of the old bulbs) and two 
>came out easily. Polarity is an
> issue with LEDs, if they don't light up, immediately reverse them to 
>avoid damage to the bulb. I see no down side to LED use as replacements in 
>the mentioned locations. I would be interested in hearing if some of you 
>may know of problems with them.




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