LED License plate lights.

[Alax7]

DO'h. Yeah I remember. current follows the path of less resistance .. Thanks. Well it bugs me a little, .. I dont mind the outside lights.Radio shack, one more time

 

[05 LS8]

Will be doing this over the weekend :

Looking forward seeing the pics of them installed.

 

[Alax7]

Well it works now. My problem was that I was connecting the resistors in series but it had to be in parallel. I guess I thought the resistor wouldn't allow as much current to go through and prevent it from turning on thus being in series. But nope, connect in parralel and all the inside lights will stay off. I used a 4300 ohm resistor. I tried it with a 250 but it got hot in a few seonds. Didn't want ti risk it.

 

[joegr]

Well it works now. My problem was that I was connecting the resistors in series but it had to be in parallel. I guess I thought the resistor wouldn't allow as much current to go through and prevent it from turning on thus being in series. But nope, connect in parralel and all the inside lights will stay off. I used a 4300 ohm resistor. I tried it with a 250 but it got hot in a few seonds. Didn't want ti risk it.

Yes, add it in parallel. There is already a resistor in series with the LED.

Yes, the highest resistance that will work is best.

4.3K = 0.039 Watts heat when light on, less than 0.00285 watts heat with light off

250 = 0.676 Watts heat when light on, less than 0.049 Watts heat with light on

 

[Alax7]

Real handy with those physics equations huh. Nice. I put the resistor on one of the rear passenger lights, when I turn it on the others stay on a little like when it didn't have the resistor. Maybe I'll put it where 1Loudls put it, the light under the leg space on the front. Lights look amazing by the way