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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: ballcock50 on 02 November 2008, 18:17:14

Title: L E D's
Post by: ballcock50 on 02 November 2008, 18:17:14
Hi! would any body happen to know the ratings of the l e d's used in the switchgear for general illumination. I have a few switches which have gone faulty would like to repair if I can. thanks in advance Tom. :y
Title: Re: L E D's
Post by: TheBoy on 02 November 2008, 18:20:25
says on them normally. from memory, i think 1.2w
Title: Re: L E D's
Post by: TheBoy on 02 November 2008, 18:21:00
oh, and they are bulbs, not leds
Title: Re: L E D's
Post by: ballcock50 on 02 November 2008, 18:31:01
No, they are led's wired into the circuit boards on the light switch etc. but thanks Tom.
Title: Re: L E D's
Post by: TheBoy on 02 November 2008, 18:37:46
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No, they are led's wired into the circuit boards on the light switch etc. but thanks Tom.
Which switches?
Title: Re: L E D's
Post by: ballcock50 on 02 November 2008, 18:40:18
97 model light switch control unit it has a number of led's wired on the circuit board for illumumination.
Title: Re: L E D's
Post by: TheBoy on 02 November 2008, 18:52:10
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97 model light switch control unit it has a number of led's wired on the circuit board for illumumination.
Ah, main light switch? Yup, thats LEDs.
Title: Re: L E D's
Post by: Andy B on 02 November 2008, 19:13:45
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oh, and they are bulbs, .....

I thought you planted bulbs in the garden!  ::)  ;)  ;)  ;)
Title: Re: L E D's
Post by: TheBoy on 02 November 2008, 19:30:02
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oh, and they are bulbs, .....

I thought you planted bulbs in the garden!  ::)  ;)  ;)  ;)
Nah, thats a 'pink' job.
Title: Re: L E D's
Post by: Andy B on 02 November 2008, 20:59:17
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oh, and they are bulbs, .....

I thought you planted bulbs in the garden!  ::)  ;)  ;)  ;)
Nah, thats a 'pink' job.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

The likes of Percy Thrower & Alan Titchmarsh have made a few quid out of a pink job then!!  :y
Title: Re: L E D's
Post by: Pitchfork on 03 November 2008, 12:13:29
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97 model light switch control unit it has a number of led's wired on the circuit board for illumumination.
Ah, main light switch? Yup, thats LEDs.
Mine has a conventional bulb in it!
Title: Re: L E D's
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 03 November 2008, 12:47:23
The light assembly has a conventioal bulb in it plus a couple of LED's for the fog light switch illumination.

Sadly, the idiot who designed the LED illumination was not to hot as he placed two LED's in parralel witha  single current limiting resistor so if one LED fails the the other quickly follows due to being exposed to double the current.

Sadly, he also did not appreciate tha fact that LED's do not like reverse voltage and tend to age quickly when connected to an automotive supply with all its associated transients! (you should put a normal diode in series with LED's on automotive applications).

So, hence they fail.

Last time I looked and from memory they were surface mount of this variety.....

(http://img-europe.electrocomponents.com/largeimages/R497538-01.jpg)

But I could be wrong as its been a while!