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Led Bulbs, Problems With Them Burning Out?

Started by langers2k , Jan 30 2008 06:36 PM

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#16 nurseholliday

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Posted 02 February 2008 - 04:56 PM

You can buy them from Maplin Electronics.... I think their one not far from you

All the ones I have seen in Maplins had a higher voltage drop across them so I was going to try and get some with a lower voltage drop.

Why don't you just buy LED bulbs that have all the necessary components built into the bulbs and are ready to be fitted as a direct replacement to car bulbs?

I have seen LED bulbs that have come packaged as a direct replacement burn out. Not sure if it is only cheap bulbs or just the bulbs I have seen but if I am getting some I want to make sure they aren't going to go pop!

Really? Quite a lot of my friends are using them with no problems at all. I think you need to buy decent ones and not 100 for Â£5 off eBay shipped over from Hong Kong... :ph34r:

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#17 langers2k

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Posted 02 February 2008 - 05:33 PM

Really? Quite a lot of my friends are using them with no problems at all. I think you need to buy decent ones and not 100 for Â£5 off eBay shipped over from Hong Kong...

Lol you are probably right, the bulbs I am looking at are Â£5 each (from ebay). Managed to find some 12V regulators supplying 1.5A and only a 0.5V drop across them. At just over a pound each I may as well get them just to be safe.

http://cpc.farnell.c...jsp?sku=SC05419