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Old 10-03-2009, 01:25 PM   #1
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Neo Wedge LED's

Well it's that time again - it's getting colder, and the cheap crappy autolumination LED's I have in my A/C controls are dying one at a time. For those that don't know, last year at around the same time, my first set of LED's started to flicker one by one, and within a week all 3 were dead.

Can anyone recommend a higher quality LED that won't die in cold weather? Or am I just going to have to stock up?
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Old 10-03-2009, 01:54 PM   #2
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Yeah...I'm bummed about this. One of my 1-week old led's already died. It seems from my reading that you need to buy high-quality leds and then solder them into the correct bases yourself.
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Old 10-03-2009, 04:45 PM   #3
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i'm having the same problem. they're all starting to flicker now. i dont want to do any soldering, but do you have any ideas where I can get some good quality ones?
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have you guys tried oznium?

www.oznium.com
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Thx. I'll check them out.
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Old 10-03-2009, 07:57 PM   #6
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Thanks MiniTRD. I will check them out also.

I mean for the price, autolumination is good... they usually last around a year, but I don't really feel like replacing them that frequently.
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^ i'm actually able to find the same bulbs on ebay for much cheaper than autolumination
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Are you guys using resistors cause i have had leds in my car from radio shack now for 9 months and have never had one flicker die or anything and same with the other cars i have done
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Are you guys using resistors cause i have had leds in my car from radio shack now for 9 months and have never had one flicker die or anything and same with the other cars i have done

You shouldn't need to replace an LED each year , especially in a car where the lights aren't always on. one problem could be the soldering, if your iron is too hot, or you're keeping the heat on it for too long you may be damaging the LED.
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As CAYaris said: when adding LED's to a car, you need a resistor.
You've got to look at how much current is flowing through the circuit because most LED's run on ma (milliamp's) of current. - Also LED's (unless they are specifically made to) don't flicker in a DC environment, they'd either be on (bright or dim) or off .
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