Styling dash switch LED's

[mase]

following on from my blue dials i am wantin to do the dash switches as well.

however i read that u need 2.5v leds.... i cant find any on the net, the only ones i can find are 5v!!!

help.

 

[GhostWKD]

http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/default.php?cPath=44&sort=2a&filter_id=10&osCsid=516d3e64929103d9e9d1fb7ae9c3e9e2

check there dude, bound to be something that'll fit the buttons (i know theres one that'll fit the clock at least heh )

 

[mase]

i have been, just ordered some led side lights an a posh neon interior light.... and i have realised wat i have done... i was lookin at the reverse voltage, not the current running through them... which as it happens is 2.9 so i am sure they will b fine!

does the clock take a normal led or is it a bulb?

 

[GhostWKD]

clock is the twist lock one 99.9% sure

am going to be shopping there once i get some cash heh

 

[mase]

ahhh right.... will prob just tint that the same as the ones on my dials, unless i go whole hog an buy new bulbs for them all.

depends on how much it costs, those lock twist ones are well expensive for what they are!!!

 

[arc]

what did u get for the interior mase?

 

[jamie86]

Which bulbs is it for the interior light?

Arc?

 

[arseofbox]

following on from my blue dials i am wantin to do the dash switches as well.

however i read that u need 2.5v leds.... i cant find any on the net, the only ones i can find are 5v!!!

help.

Yeah sounds about right Mase...

But yure referring to the forward voltage (the voltage across it), which can be very different to the supply voltage

But any standard LED should be fine with a resistor (typically 270 ohm).
http://www.maplin.co.uk/search.aspx...m Standard LEDs&FromMenu=y&doy=6m12&worldid=3

Those 5v ones are designed to be connected directly to a 5v supply (as they have the current limiting resistor built in), a standard LED runs at ~2.5v. Problem is, the car is running at 12v...

These will work fine without a resistor

http://www.maplin.co.uk/search.aspx...V Standard LEDs&FromMenu=y&doy=6m12&worldid=3

Its up to yu which one yu use- the 12v is easy as its just plug and play, but I got my LEDs from uni today for nowt as they would have been binned anyhoo..