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Norkoastal Jul 16, 2008 02:38 PM

LED's playing tricks with me..
 
Installed LED's into the tails (4) license plate (2), front lights (2), rear sidemarkers (2), dome, and 3rd led brakelight. All goes well after install.. Looks great..

A couple weeks back my HVAC display starts flickering when I apply my brakes.. This flicker makes it up to the nav screen.. WTF.. Today I hear a light/faint click sound everytime the brake is applied from around the shift console and notice my radio dimming when the brake is applied...

After that issue I have been swapping bulbs and adding load resistors to two of the 4 bulbs in the brakelights.. Im still experimenting with wires to tap but has anyone else had this issue? I know I'm a led feak, but ive only been adding these bulbs two at a time... It seems there might be a tipping point before the car freaks out.

trent.davis23 Jul 16, 2008 09:27 PM

You will hear a click if the car is in park, pressing the brake unlocks the gear shift button. Its pretty loud though so that might not be it. I'm lost on the display dimming, sorry.

Norkoastal Jul 16, 2008 10:35 PM

I think thats the noise.. Now I need to swap all the stockers back 1 at a time to solve this mystery.

AcuraLegend Jul 18, 2008 04:40 PM

Just curious: how hard is it to replace the interior lights (the door & dome) with LEd's? I just replaced the clock LED's last night, and would like to do LED's throughout the cabin.

I'm an LED newb, I know that I will need a resistor, but that's about it :(

OK.Eric Jul 18, 2008 04:47 PM

Well it sounds pretty obvious that when the LEDs are activated, it's draining the battery voltage enough to cause other battery operated components to be affected as well.

Norkoastal Jul 18, 2008 05:41 PM

Hmm... I thought actually the opposite. The lack of draw trips the computer into thinking there isnt anything plugged in causing the madness I have been experiencing.. Tonight all the bulbs will be swapped to stock to test.

OK.Eric Jul 18, 2008 05:43 PM


Originally Posted by Norkoastal (Post 6525429)
Tonight all the bulbs will be swapped to stock to test.

Thats really the best test you could do.

Norkoastal Jul 18, 2008 07:08 PM

front 192 leds in headlights were the culprit... They were starting to melt and must have shorted something.. All is well so far..

MetaOrbit Jul 18, 2008 08:30 PM


Originally Posted by Norkoastal (Post 6525562)
front 192 leds in headlights were the culprit... They were starting to melt and must have shorted something.. All is well so far..

Yeah, the LEDs in the headlights don't last long. Too much heat. LEDs in the license plate lights don't last long either...that's either heat or voltage spikes. Though my home-built license plate lights with in-line voltage regulator have lasted a long time now.

OK.Eric Jul 19, 2008 10:14 AM


Originally Posted by Norkoastal (Post 6525562)
front 192 leds in headlights were the culprit... They were starting to melt and must have shorted something.. All is well so far..

Well thats good that you fixed it. I'm surprised because I thought that LEDs didn't generate much heat.

MetaOrbit Jul 19, 2008 02:18 PM


Originally Posted by OK.Eric (Post 6526148)
Well thats good that you fixed it. I'm surprised because I thought that LEDs didn't generate much heat.

LEDs generally don't (though some LEDs do generate a great deal of heat), but in the headlights you also have to contend with the large amount of heat already being produced by low beams, high beams, running lights, etc.


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