QUOTE(coolkwc @ Sep 20 2012, 01:17 PM)
Talking about LED, if possible change all the light bulb (Tail lamp, parking lamp, signal lamp, headlamp small bulb, cabin lamp, boot lamp) from current filamen bulb to LED can reduce alot of current consumption during night cruising.
Proper design single LED should take about just 20mA max for maximum performance, For T10 bulb got 5LED, is around 100mA only, which translate into 100mAx14.4V = 1.44W, compare to stock bulb, it takes up at least 5W, which is around 350mA. For those signal lamp and brake lamp, 22W, will consume around 1.5A.
Anyway, LED should be long lasting, FOREVER never die possible. However from what i see in market now, many of those LED bulb can't long lasting, mainly due to poorly design to get maximum profit out of it.
If you have time and want to know a little further, you can read the attachment wrote by me.
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haha..u rite.. in china u will find a T10 LED 5050 ridiculous cheaper thn here.
QUOTE(GP mad man @ Sep 20 2012, 01:28 PM)
agreed on what you trying to explain even though i not really into elctrical stuff.
now only i acn figure out why those LED burnt so fast
however, is very low chances to find a really honest supplier though...
haha~
not supplier not honest...its their self also how to confirm thts the good quality even manufacture will test it will better quality but whn on sale will had slightly lower quality.. as wat they wan is more profit..
QUOTE(coolkwc @ Sep 20 2012, 01:40 PM)
1. Those high power dissipation resistor normal come with larger size, so they will hard to fit in + higher cost.
2. They can use multiple parallel resistor to share the load, however space constraint + higher cost.
From what i found out, they normally use those tiny 1.6mm x 0.8mm SMD resistor which only can withstand 0.1W/pc and parallel them, and most of the design is overload design, which finally lead to resistor burnt.
If you got chance to get a faulty LED bulb, you will surprise the LED still functioning well. There is little chance that all LEDs will burn in same time one.
So i decide to DIY.

can DIY my car... i damn love ur meter now...

Added on September 20, 2012, 2:20 pmhow nice is Mythelogy Lightened Crank Pulley?
This post has been edited by r3apers: Sep 20 2012, 02:20 PM