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I put some in speedo clocks of a previous car and they started a small fire.....
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well . . . . . . . and there's me thinking LED's run cool
. . . looks like they've placed a higher drain on something, i'm not big on electronics but that's my guess lol
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I put LED units in my zx about 9 months ago, no fires here.
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Like I say I’m not saying they won’t work for some but this was just put on as a warning for some who may be a bit sceptical! Haha
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As you say this I have had a wiff off burning I’m going to take a look on the back of speedo and clocks to check....
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my understanding is as follows...
leds have much less resistance in them than filament bulbs. normally they need a resistor inline. this is where the difference comes between some bulbs being canbus and some not. and why some led lightingboards work and others dont.
I havent had any issues with led bulbs in the clock before. Ran some for many years and all was fine. If they were sold as being 306 specific i would definitely be complaining! Maybe it was just a bad batch. Who knows!
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boards burn out cause you short the tracks
you do this by not inserting the lamp correctly or try to fit them with the power on
basicly the board is a piss poor design
