L.E.D. lights????

[White Spyder]

Did a search for L.E.D. light and got nothing so, I will ask. There are several types that are on the internet that will work for 6 volt systems. question is has anyone here used them, how many L.E.D's on the stalk? These are the type that replace the bulbs with L.E.D.'s that plug into the existing sockets.

TIA

[Plymouthy Adams]

for what application are you searching..stop/running..center stop..Dodge or Plymouth...year...

[White Spyder]

1948 Windsor, stop, turn (both front and rear) and licenes plate.

[cwcars88]

Hi Wayne - We do not have any plans as of now, but we may need to re-visit 6 volt soon.

Todd

Technostalgia

2260 Long Dairy Road

Graham NC 27253

www.cool-leds.com

866-258-5670

Fax: 877-682-4909

This is the reply I got back from Technostalgia. They make great 12 volt tail/turn for the 46/48 plymouth, I would'nt think it would take much to also offer 6 volt.

Wayne

[Plymouthy Adams]

http://wild-bohemian.com/electronics/led-rest.htm

this will get you in the ball park for should you decide to hook somethng up...remember the wattage of the resistor..gang a few diodes per resistor..keeping the current at bay will give the bulbs long life and cooler temps at operation..

[greg g]

be aware that most led's are pretty tolerant of a large range of voltage, however they seem to be polarity sensitive. They will light up on 6V (the same voltage as 4 Flashlight batteries) but only when grounded to negative. Way back when Normscoupe posted something, about how his son wired in a diod or something which addressed this.

When we were in Vt Mark D (ruby 48) wanted to hook up some led strips he bought to enhance his stock lights. We could not get them to light using positive ground but they would light with a single AA battery.

this guy has both ground styles, A bit pricey but a lot less that a rear end collision. You need to run red LED's with red lenses.

Remember though LED lights do not provide enough resistance load to operate a signal flasher. So if your rear signals are wired into your tail light fixtures, you will need to address this.

http://www.highspeedmotors.com/Webled.html

[TodFitch]

... however they seem to be polarity sensitive. ...

LED stands for "Light Emitting Diode" and diodes only pass current in one direction so, yes they are polarity sensitive.

[Merle Coggins]

The LED replacement bults that I got from SuperBrightLEDs.com are listed for negative or positive ground systems. I'm not sure how their doing it. They must be adding some polarity reversing diodes into the circuitry.

Merle

[White Spyder]

The LED replacement bults that I got from SuperBrightLEDs.com are listed for negative or positive ground systems. I'm not sure how their doing it. They must be adding some polarity reversing diodes into the circuitry.

Merle

Merle,

Did you have to do anything else to make the turn lamp bulbs work when you converted to LEDs?

[martybose]

Merle,

Did you have to do anything else to make the turn lamp bulbs work when you converted to LEDs?

You need either an electronic flasher or an extra load across the LED to make the standard flasher work. Most of the LED manufacturers can supply the load resisters.

Marty

[Merle Coggins]

You need either an electronic flasher or an extra load across the LED to make the standard flasher work. Most of the LED manufacturers can supply the load resisters.

Marty

Yea, what Marty said. I used the LED bulbs in the front only, with normal bulbs at the rear. With this configuration my thermal flasher works fine. If you use LEDs at all 4 corners you'll need an electronic flasher (nearly impossible to find in 6 volt) or load resistors added to the circuits.

Merle