LED Marker Lights

[Stephen Birtles]

leds are built to work in a very narrow voltage range
too high a voltage and there is greatly diminished product life
too low a voltage and they will not light
there is a sawoff between there two levels. If a driver is used to
allow operation at a higher voltage then the low voltage cutoff rises
inversely if the low voltage level is droppped then the high voltage
level drops also.
Unfortunately LEDs work best with a constant defined voltage ie. 12
volts exactly and that is something that is rarely available in an
Automotive application and also there must be some amount of igniton
protection.
Now this not to say that LEDs are not suitable for automotive use and
there are many millions of LEDs installed in cars, trucks, buses and
the like. A quality bulb must be purchased and this equates to higher
cost
.
Stephen 77fc35




--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, John Suter
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Saw the post about LED lights and am fresh from
> Parliament Club rally (with mostly current BB owners,
> and many former BB folks) where we heard both
> Parliament repair techs and Ft. Valley seminar folks
> respond to customer LED light issues.
>
> Both tech groups caused lots of eyes to pop open
> when they discussed problems with LED lights being
> very sensitive to voltage fluctuations and transients,
> and the how they are working/experimenting to see what
> can be done to solve the apparent problems. I don't
> have enough understanding to discuss the retrofit
> matter one way or the other; however, as I don't
> recall reading anything about the issue here among
> Forum members, I'm passing on the caveat for whatever
> it may be worth.
>
> John Suter
> 2000LXi
>
>
> --- rogerwwebb wrote:
>
> >
> > You might try http://www.superbrightleds.com they have led
> > replacement bulbs, marker lights, etc.
> >
> > R.W.Webb
> >
> > Cedar Rapids, IA
> >
> > 91 WBWL
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott
> > Forman" <sforman@r...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I would like to have LED marker lights on my FC,
> > but I really like the
> > > look of the stock "flush mount" light units, so I
> > am not interested in
> > > changing out to the commonly seen surface-mount
> > units. So, my
> > > questions:
> > >
> > > 1) Has anyone found an LED bulb that is a
> > replacement for the standard
> > > bulb and fits in the original socket?
> > >
> > > 2) Is there a replacement LED unit out there that
> > is a flush mount like
> > > the original ones?
> > >
> > > I can't find either of these.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Scott Forman
> > > 'Tiger Pride'
> > > 82 FC35RB
> > > Memphis
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> > removed]
> >
> >
>
>
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