All60Horses
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Hi all,
I made a post back in June this year asking yet another question about LED DRL's on my Evo. I finally sourced some bulbs I liked, but they're not cheap. I think I paid around £20 for em. (Osram 7905-CW02)
I am currently using a 50 watt resistor on each side in parallel. I think this may be too much because the heat they are chucking out is ridiculous. But, they're what I had laying around sooo...
Another thing I think you guys are gonna lay into me for is the fact I used scotch locks to attach the resistors. Yes, I know they're bad. But I'm lazy. I also haven't got around to properly insulating around the scotch locks themselves. I'll get to that at some point.
I thought I'd let you all know how I located the wire if any of you are interested. I couldn't find a wiring diagram so I took the plug out myself and used a multi-meter. With the ignition and DRL's on, there was a small amount of power going through the green+yellow wire. When the ignition was turned on initially, the voltage 12v and then cut off to around 0.1-0.3v. I'm assuming because the CANbus system saw there was nothing there. I then made a hole on the side and used a self-tapper to 1) hold the resistor 2) earth it. I mounted it on a metal area clear of any plastic because 1) earth 2)to dissipate some of the heat.
I'll post some pics below
PLEASE NOTE:
This was more of an experiment to see what works and to help me get better at electrics. I would appreciate constructive criticism; not straight negatives.
Welp... was about to add some pics of the wiring situation but apparently I've deleted em. Will have to get some at a later stage. :shrug:
I made a post back in June this year asking yet another question about LED DRL's on my Evo. I finally sourced some bulbs I liked, but they're not cheap. I think I paid around £20 for em. (Osram 7905-CW02)
I am currently using a 50 watt resistor on each side in parallel. I think this may be too much because the heat they are chucking out is ridiculous. But, they're what I had laying around sooo...
Another thing I think you guys are gonna lay into me for is the fact I used scotch locks to attach the resistors. Yes, I know they're bad. But I'm lazy. I also haven't got around to properly insulating around the scotch locks themselves. I'll get to that at some point.
I thought I'd let you all know how I located the wire if any of you are interested. I couldn't find a wiring diagram so I took the plug out myself and used a multi-meter. With the ignition and DRL's on, there was a small amount of power going through the green+yellow wire. When the ignition was turned on initially, the voltage 12v and then cut off to around 0.1-0.3v. I'm assuming because the CANbus system saw there was nothing there. I then made a hole on the side and used a self-tapper to 1) hold the resistor 2) earth it. I mounted it on a metal area clear of any plastic because 1) earth 2)to dissipate some of the heat.
I'll post some pics below
PLEASE NOTE:
This was more of an experiment to see what works and to help me get better at electrics. I would appreciate constructive criticism; not straight negatives.
Welp... was about to add some pics of the wiring situation but apparently I've deleted em. Will have to get some at a later stage. :shrug:
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