Any Car Electricians.
#1
Posted 23 May 2019 - 04:21 PM
#2
Posted 23 May 2019 - 04:27 PM
And I’ll need to drill out screws is this doable. ( don’t know what’s behind etc,or screwed into)
#3
Posted 23 May 2019 - 04:32 PM
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#4
Posted 23 May 2019 - 04:39 PM
Yeh someone changed the bulbs in the brace bar for ledsHas it got an led bulb in ?
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#5
Posted 23 May 2019 - 04:40 PM
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#6
Posted 23 May 2019 - 04:45 PM
Have to rig up a separate courtesy light next to brace. Don’t fancy tryna rewire the brace
#7
Posted 23 May 2019 - 08:25 PM
#8
Posted 23 May 2019 - 08:31 PM
Like a capacitor....
#9
Posted 23 May 2019 - 09:32 PM
The standard bulb is sh*t, whoever fitted the LEDs did it for a reason...I suspect there is an easy way to sort it.
Yeh the on off part works fine. Just the courtesy light bit causes the prob.and it is brighter
#10
Posted 23 May 2019 - 09:33 PM
Problem is residual from the alarm to sense the doors opening.
Like a capacitor....
I was wondering about a capacitor/ resistor type thing.
Anyone know what I’d need?
#11
Posted 24 May 2019 - 05:52 AM
#12
Posted 24 May 2019 - 07:01 AM
Basically you need to put some LED's in that are of a higher draw than presently fitted. The small issue is as LED's have got better, their current draw has dropped too
You "may" get away with dropping something like a 1K resistor in parallel to the light, just to add to the current draw and ground the Alarm pin better.
#13
Posted 24 May 2019 - 07:02 AM
It's an issue caused by the lack of internal resistance of the LED bulb replacement. When I fitted LED's, I just used a couple of small blocking diodes wired in series with the LED to add a little resistance to the circuit, this appears to have stopped the issue. I think (please correct me if this is not the case?) a CANBUS compatible LED would simply add resistance in parallel to the LED, so I am unsure if this would help, you would also then lose the low power consumption benefits of the LED.
#14
Posted 24 May 2019 - 08:06 AM
ARGHHHH its just CAN
#15
Posted 25 May 2019 - 07:55 PM
I believe that a led designed to run on 12 volts will probably not light at all below maybe 4-5 volts, so a resistor able to drop the feed by about 2 volts when under load should do the trick without dimming it when the door is open. A simple sum would give the resister value.
#16
Posted 26 May 2019 - 05:30 PM
I believe one of these will do the trick; https://uk.farnell.c...ewound resistor
Another member used this when they changed to an LED bulb, the problem IS the LED draws less current than the original bulb.
#17
Posted 26 May 2019 - 06:04 PM
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