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#4
Very well.....http://forums.maxima.org/album.php?a...ictureid=39154
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#11
http://forums.maxima.org/3rd-generat...e-cluster.html
I also have a set of EL reverse glow gauges that badazzsupamax has on his pic. But I haven't install them because I decided to stick with black face gauges and it uses a separate on/off switch which I'm not sure if it can be tapped into the illumination circuit.
I also have a set of EL reverse glow gauges that badazzsupamax has on his pic. But I haven't install them because I decided to stick with black face gauges and it uses a separate on/off switch which I'm not sure if it can be tapped into the illumination circuit.
#13
http://forums.maxima.org/3rd-generat...e-cluster.html
I also have a set of EL reverse glow gauges that badazzsupamax has on his pic. But I haven't install them because I decided to stick with black face gauges and it uses a separate on/off switch which I'm not sure if it can be tapped into the illumination circuit.
I also have a set of EL reverse glow gauges that badazzsupamax has on his pic. But I haven't install them because I decided to stick with black face gauges and it uses a separate on/off switch which I'm not sure if it can be tapped into the illumination circuit.
#14
That is because Nissan for some strange reason wires the maplights in all their cars with reverse polarity. I actually make LEDs that work with Nissan maplights.
#15
Incandescents are bi-polar, so technically what you said is impossible. But the standard is center positive, which they are. The problems you've had must be from the LED bulb replacement not conforming to the standard.
#16
No. EVERY BA9 map light I have ever seen does NOT work properly in our Maximas. It's reverse from what it should be. When I sell my kits, this is something I have to wire "backwards" due to this very fact.
#18
Your right about the bulb being bi polar but the connection by definition cannot be bi polar: one contact has to be the cathode, one contact has to be the anode. This poses a problem when you try to use a Ba9s LED because unlike incandescents they are NOT bi polar and unlike T5 or T10 wedge bases they cannot simply be turned 180 degrees to fix the issue. Hence, as I stated in the previous post I actually make 360 degree LEDs that work with Nissan maplights with the cathode (-) at the bottom and the anode (+) on the sides of the Ba9s base. Just about all Nissan maplight connectors do not adhere to the bottom (+) / sides (-) standard hence, why some sellers on Ebay sell reverse polarity LEDs as well.
Last edited by Shinjiduo; 02-05-2014 at 10:53 AM.
#19
#20
Your right about the bulb being bi polar but the connection by definition cannot be bi polar: one contact has to be the cathode, one contact has to be the anode. This poses a problem when you try to use a Ba9s LED because unlike incandescents they are NOT bi polar and unlike T5 or T10 wedge bases they cannot simply be turned 180 degrees to fix the issue. Hence, as I stated in the previous post I actually make 360 degree LEDs that work with Nissan maplights with the cathode (-) at the bottom and the anode (+) on the sides of the Ba9s base. Just about all Nissan maplight connectors do not adhere to the bottom (+) / sides (-) standard hence, why some sellers on Ebay sell reverse polarity LEDs as well.
The illumination dimmer is on the ground side of that circuit on most Nissans, maybe that's what you're thinking of.
Last edited by Hectic; 02-05-2014 at 10:55 PM.
#21
Really? You got me on that one because I hear at least one other on this very thread with the exact same issue as I had; the connector to the maplight had a reversed polarity versus the standard most Ba9s LEDs are built. (center + / sides-) This has been a consistant issue I have run across with Nissan of all models doing back to the 3rd Gen all the way up to a 2008 6th Gen Max. If you somehow have experienced different, lucky you but the rest of us have issues using LEDs in our maplights so I am just trying to impart a little knowledge seeing how I have done quite a bit of LED mods.
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