On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 06:53:01 -0800 Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I took apart the Alpine in my wife's SL because the stinking
> button lights were way too bright for nighttime. I slipped
> a sheet of exposed film leader in there to dim it down.
> Much better!
I guess it averages out wit
On 3/7/07, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I took apart the Alpine in my wife's SL because the stinking
button lights were way too bright for nighttime. I slipped
a sheet of exposed film leader in there to dim it down.
Much better!
Ooh, good idea. I just had to replace two out of four
I bought a couple of 12V LEDs at the local electronics toyshop, you can
find those and just put one in.
I'd recommend a regular one. Cheaper, and you can adjust the
maximum brightness with the (required) resistor.
I took apart the Alpine in my wife's SL because the stinking
button lights were
I bought a couple of 12V LEDs at the local electronics toyshop, you can
find those and just put one in.
--R
Jim Cathey wrote:
good, but I have some little LEDs lying around and there's room for a
resistor in series to drop the 12V down to something manageable.
good, but I have some little LEDs lying around and there's room for a
resistor in series to drop the 12V down to something manageable.
Might work well there, as you're only trying to light up a
little spot rather than a large field. LED's are highly directional.
An LED may not dim like the inca
On 3/5/07, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just disassembled the little joystick in the center console that
> controls
> the passenger side rear view mirror hoping to change the bulb. (I'm
> on a
It's a bulb and not an LED? Finding grain-of-wheat bulbs can
be an interesting exercise a
http://www.minute-man.com/acatalog/Grain_of_Wheat_Bulbs.html
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
It's a bulb and not an LED? Finding grain-of-wheat bulbs can
be an interesting exercise at times.
-- Jim
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Just disassembled the little joystick in the center console that
controls
the passenger side rear view mirror hoping to change the bulb. (I'm
on a
It's a bulb and not an LED? Finding grain-of-wheat bulbs can
be an interesting exercise at times.
-- Jim
