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| Author: | Jopapa [ Tue Aug 05, 2003 6:42 pm ] |
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FINALLY finished redoing the electrical in the Dart. Charges like a champ, fuel gauge works, all the lighting finally works, and the stereo is nice and cleanly mounted in the factory radio's dash location. I feel so special now  One thing that irritates me is that the dome light is freakin DIM as I'll get out. Any little mods to brighten it up a bit? Maybe a different plastic cover that's not so opaque? |
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| Author: | Pierre [ Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:13 pm ] |
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It'll be hard to get a bigger, brighter bulb in there because it is kind of cramped for space. I'm sure you can stuff a few ultra-bright LED's in there to make for a brighter lite. They are usually rated at about 2v each, so you can string 6 together in series, and have multiple sets of 6 in parallel if you want. Look for some that are at least 1000mcd, I've seen some as high as 2 or 3000mcd. You can find them at your electrical supply store... www.digikey.com, jameco.com, mouser.com etc. Also try ebay. Or you can try to find some xenon flashlight bulbs and put a few of those together in series. I wouldn't use any sort of incadescent bulb though because the brighter they are the hotter they are, and they are relatively close to the plastic cover. |
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| Author: | Jopapa [ Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:17 pm ] |
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Yeah I thought of getting a direct replacement from www.ledtronics.com (these guys rule. they've got direct LED replacements for any automotive incandescents, and they're rated as the brightest you can get), but for 40 bucks a pop, I figured I'd explore my options first. |
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| Author: | estill [ Thu Aug 14, 2003 10:00 am ] |
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I usually just lurk around here, but I like playing with LED's. In theory they will last forever, so $40 for one bulb may not be that bad of an investment. If you want to do it yourself, check out http://www.rc-cam.com/led_info.htm It is a page dedicated to putting LED's on an RC Airplane, but it has great information on how to figure out the resistors needed so you don't burn things up. |
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| Author: | Doc [ Thu Aug 14, 2003 10:54 am ] |
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And the tight-wad approach, just leave the plastic cover off.  DD |
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| Author: | Jopapa [ Thu Aug 14, 2003 12:36 pm ] |
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Quote: And the tight-wad approach, just leave the plastic cover off.
But that's no challenge DD
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| Author: | james longhurst [ Sun Aug 17, 2003 7:58 am ] |
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perhaps there is some crap on the door switches causing a bad ground condition. compare the brightness "door to door." should give a clue. -james |
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| Author: | Jopapa [ Sun Aug 17, 2003 12:03 pm ] |
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Quote: perhaps there is some crap on the door switches causing a bad ground condition. compare the brightness "door to door." should give a clue.
I checked that out just for kicks, and no problems there. The bulb itself is nice and bright, but the cover is just so opaque that it blocks a good amount of light. I'll order an LED replacement once I have some of the more pressing matters taken care of (or rather, IF) and see how much of a difference that makes with the cover in place.
-james |
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