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bgd73 · 04-25-2010, 02:27 AM

That sounds complicated. I may stay with the 1156/7 original after all.

I dropped in the 4 led, single bulb version and noticed it right away in the volt guage.. I know for certian the 5w claim on 194 could be 10 ten times that given the heat.

I also heard a ticking noise coming from the distributor...the last I heard this was with an alternator change (low volts back to normal).. so whatever those little lights did changed even the runtime of distributor. I am guessing LED acts as a diode.

anyhoo... they are nice to look at...my old bulbs lit up a darn parking lot.

edit: I added upthe total watts to .144x4=.576

yes that is about half a watty for four leds.
versus the mega sucker of 20 watt minumum and hot sockets. No regrets at all..another note of change is the dash lights have a cleaner illumination.. I do not know how it did this. Same brightness..just "cleaner"

04-25-2010, 02:27 AM	#37 (permalink)
bgd73 Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: maine Posts: 758 oldscoob - '87 subaru wagon gl/dr 90 day: 47.06 mpg (US) Thanks: 21 Thanked 18 Times in 14 Posts	That sounds complicated. I may stay with the 1156/7 original after all. I dropped in the 4 led, single bulb version and noticed it right away in the volt guage.. I know for certian the 5w claim on 194 could be 10 ten times that given the heat. I also heard a ticking noise coming from the distributor...the last I heard this was with an alternator change (low volts back to normal).. so whatever those little lights did changed even the runtime of distributor. I am guessing LED acts as a diode. anyhoo... they are nice to look at...my old bulbs lit up a darn parking lot. edit: I added upthe total watts to .144x4=.576 yes that is about half a watty for four leds. versus the mega sucker of 20 watt minumum and hot sockets. No regrets at all..another note of change is the dash lights have a cleaner illumination.. I do not know how it did this. Same brightness..just "cleaner"