LED dash lights.... :)

[Zedrally]

Originally posted by PrOxLaMuS©

just to let you guys know... LED's dont always blink!

Huh? I'm confused.

How do they blink?

Does this have something to do with the 2 batteries or is it the way they are wired up?

[Zedrally]

or is there some sort of switch so you can chose blink or no blink?

[Alfadog]

!

Lot's of confusion I sense... mmmm...

My special gee-whizz blinking LED was to do with the fact that it was wired through a little chip which was intelligent enough to make the light blink!

Usually the LED will stay on, like a normal light bulb.

[Zedrally]

Hold on there Alfa,

are you saying you have blinking dash lights?

[Alfadog]

Yep, with the current state of SPEED CAMERAS, these blinking dash lights really make you aware of your speedo AT ALL TIMES. I just can't get my eyes off them they're so distracting!

That's what the cops want, isn't it? :cross-eye

[Zedrally]

Actually I have an idea.

Why not get these things to blink faster as you go faster.

You know, a real slow blink as your going slow to a mind boggling pulse when you hit the ton.....

[Alfadog]

Sounds like the indicators on my 240K ! They get faster as you do more RPM !

How about brake lights that get more intense the harder you're stepping on the brake? (dont credit me for that, Jaguar came up with it I think with its F-Type prototype, in other news, the F-type project is back online, with an expected release date of around 2006!)

(trying to veer off from the subject as much as possible, tune in for my next post where I talk about Antelopes!)

[tanny]

Mushupork5,

One of my favorite dishes. I'm assuming in the pic the top wire is ground and the wire at bottom is positive? What range of resistor values can you use on 12V LEDs before they will have problems either glowing at all or burning up(imagine it might depend on amperage of LED). I'm also assuming you can use a variable resistor( ie: console light dimmer switch or other) to vary the brightness. Alot of assuming here. Thanks, Victor.

[mushupork5]

using a variable resistor would be easy to do, you would just have to remove the dimmer switch already on the Z and put a variable resistor where the power to the lights go, but you would still have to add resistors to each LED for best performance. The positive lead of the led (the long one) is connected to power and the negative (short one) to ground, i'm going out of town this weekend but look for a basic guide sometime around wednesday or thursday of next week, unless someone beats me to the chase.

and for resistor values, its all based on the amperage of the led

[PrOxLaMuS©]

ok so the wattage for an 280Z.. for the cluster... are 35w bulbs..

what type of power can I put into this capacity with LED bulbs?

but back to my main question.. anyone know what size I can put in?

[Zedrally]

Actually, I can see a good reason why you wouldn't want to install these LEDS.

From what I have read, you can't dim them.

There either ON or OFF.

I am Right or Wrong on this?

[Alfadog]

Here are some pics of my little alarm light!