Need Help fast LED window switch
11-28-2004, 12:20 PM
#1
Need Help fast LED window switch
Can someone please tell me how to relpace the led in the rear window switch i already did my front and they had actual ledes in them the rear dont the have som little chip thing on them that says LED and i dont know what to do
11-28-2004, 02:23 PM
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Those chip alike looking things are actually the LED's. Replace them as you would any LED. This mod requires more experience with the solder gun. If your not to experience I suggest you look someone that is as you can damage the IC (chip) on the other side of the PCB if you trasfer too much heat to it.
11-28-2004, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Maximasevspec
Can someone please tell me how to relpace the led in the rear window switch i already did my front and they had actual ledes in them the rear dont the have som little chip thing on them that says LED and i dont know what to do
All I know you need to clip the LED"S that are in the back, and use the current connecters that is left over to reinstall the new one. You need to know how to solder it. It is very hard.
11-28-2004, 03:28 PM
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11-28-2004, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Gen8888
11-28-2004, 07:18 PM
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on the pcb just follow the trace runs back if you can and see what they connect to, than just jump a wire from there, or run straight to the plug, use a meter to find the power for the light and a continuity tester between the different pins and a ground on the body somewhere (like the hinge)
11-28-2004, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 99se5spd
on the pcb just follow the trace runs back if you can and see what they connect to, than just jump a wire from there, or run straight to the plug, use a meter to find the power for the light and a continuity tester between the different pins and a ground on the body somewhere (like the hinge)
11-28-2004, 07:33 PM
#13
I did mine like the pic below. The long lead you see is the positive lead and the shorter lead is the negative lead going to the stock resistor. I used black electrical tape to cover up the old contact where the tiny stock square LED was. It doesn't matter if the resistor is on the positive or negative end of an LED as long as it has one. In the case of the rear switches, this was the only way they would light up.
11-28-2004, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Igobuk
I did mine like the pic below. The long lead you see is the positive lead and the shorter lead is the negative lead going to the stock resistor. I used black electrical tape to cover up the old contact where the tiny stock square LED was. It doesn't matter if the resistor is on the positive or negative end of an LED as long as it has one. In the case of the rear switches, this was the only way they would light up.
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