LED Interior bulbs WARNING!

[Chris HDI]

So a few weeks ago I thought I’d try to modernise the interior a bit with some white LED bulbs for the clocks etc. I only installed the ones in the time and temp bit just to see what they’d look like. Within a matter of hours I could smell burning and once I pulled the time and temp bit back out this is what I found...

   

   

Now I’m not saying that all LEDs will do this but I bought a kit off a website that said it was specific for a 306. If anyone’s planning to do this just take this thread as a warning!

[cpikey316_]

I put some in speedo clocks of a previous car and they started a small fire.....

[Mattcheese31]

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

[welshpug]

I put LED units in my zx about 9 months ago, no fires here.

[Chris HDI]

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

[TommiePuglet]

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....

[Eeyore]

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!

[cully]

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