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is that per bulb?
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A pair, 1157's are typically stop/ tail bulbs.
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07-13-2015, 12:42 AM
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Has anyone found a decent brand for led bulbs? I bought some cheap ones on ebay and they seem to only last a month or two(always on) before burning out.
They would be for my license plate lights, i think they just get too hot in that application.
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07-13-2015, 01:22 AM
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Has anyone found a decent brand for led bulbs? I bought some cheap ones on ebay and they seem to only last a month or two(always on) before burning out.
They would be for my license plate lights, i think they just get too hot in that application.
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I've had good luck with https://www.superbrightleds.com/ and http://www.jamstrait.com/. I have LEDs from both companies and all are still working. I gave up on the cheap no-name LEDs on eBay. They all died on me.
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07-13-2015, 01:59 AM
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x2 for superbrightleds
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07-15-2015, 04:28 AM
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Has anyone found a decent brand for led bulbs? I bought some cheap ones on ebay and they seem to only last a month or two(always on) before burning out.
They would be for my license plate lights, i think they just get too hot in that application.
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What Ebays are you buying? I've been using Ebay 164 license plate lights for several months between 2 cars and they're all great. I've had Ebay LED headlights for about 3 weeks now, and I love them. |
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07-15-2015, 09:50 AM
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Has anyone found a decent brand for led bulbs? I bought some cheap ones on ebay and they seem to only last a month or two(always on) before burning out.
They would be for my license plate lights, i think they just get too hot in that application.
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Superbrightleds is great, they will do a straight exchange if your bulbs burn out or if you aren't satisfied. Recently I ordered LEDs that were rated at 5000k but I thought they were too blue so they gladly let me exchange them for 4100k ones. Great folks there and the bulbs have a warranty too. |
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07-15-2015, 01:41 PM
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As i drive a volvo where lights are on all the time it would probably be a good idea to replace with leds as bulbs fail. Have fitted blue bulbs for side lights on mot. Why they are fitted when you have to have dipped headlights on all the time beats me.
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07-15-2015, 02:42 PM
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Buses and semis have running lights, but they are so huge, heavy, and square that I doubt switching dozens of incandescents to LEDs would make a noticeable difference.
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07-15-2015, 03:14 PM
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All electricity in the car has to be generated from gas through motion by the ICE to electricity by the alternator.
From each gallon of gas you could get 8 kWh of electricity - at most; electricity in the car is way more expensive than from the wall.
If it makes sense to switch to LEDs at home, it sure does so in the car.
But I have had several LEDs fail in the license plate holder and some as city lights. Interior lighting does fine, but that isn't on all the time.
I bet it is the heat that kills them.
Lamp housings are much like greenhouses, if you run LEDs in them on a sunny day you may kill them.
So LEDs may be not very useful for permanently burning lights, despite the low usage, unless they have their own housing or enough cooling.
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