LEDs insterad of incandescent bulbs

["Bain, Bill" <Bill.Bain@domain.elided>]

Ted wrote: 

>Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 17:18:08 -0800 
>From: "Ted Siverns" <tsiverns@domain.elided> 
>Subject: LED Bulbs 
> 
>Here in Canada with lights on all the time in my 164, burned-out bulbs
are 
>more frequent. Recently the bulbs in the overhead consul both burned
out. 
>They get too hot. I bought white LEDs which of course run cool,
expanded the 
>hole slightly so they would fit and voila, better than new. The LEDs I
used 
>were 20 ma. 3.5-4V with a 400-425 ohm resistor in series. Ted, 1991
164S, 
>Vancouver 

Ted - 

Any chance this could be used to replace some of the hard-to-replace
bulbs in the older cars?  I'm thinking of the auxiliary gauge lights in
Spiders, for example.  any thoughts to the list as to part numbers, etc.

Bill Bain 


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