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Old 06-04-2013   #25
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Default Re: LED replacement for courtesy lights

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Originally Posted by Racinfan83 View Post
Yeah those 30 light boards with festoon bases were like $17 apiece for under the hood. They are really bright though. Just the difference in current draw is huge I would think (I'm not real electrically inclined so don't know specifics) I accidently touched one of the old bulbs with my thumb while removing it and burnt a flat spot on it... hot hot hot. LED = coooolll...
I also went with the "natural white" when I had that option. Pretty sure I did warm white on the underhood. Those 30 lamp boards also fit the map lights on my wife's 300C - we put LED in her car a long time ago and the 20's we had in there were going bad. So I got two of the 30s to fix those.. Next buy will probably be the 26 lamp hi intensity tower bulbs for the backup lights - but those are $25 apiece so waiting on that for a bit...
I found out the 30 LED ones are not for outdoor use by checking the specs. What that what got to the 20 LED ones? Moisture, corrosion, vibration???
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