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They draw a lot less current than the bulbs they replace. You could dim
them, but you'd need a different rheostat. Like the electronic flashers,
electronic dimmers are insensitive to the load current.
On 7/7/2020 1:37 PM, Max Heim wrote:
> I used these bulbs just for the instrument panel lamps. The instrument
> panel turn signal indicators would take the same bulb.
>
> Although the bulbs are advertised as â??dim-ableâ?? in my experience they
> are either on or off â?? full brightness or not visible. It could very
> well be that a electronic dimmer is required, and they don't â??dimâ??
> with the old-fashioned rheostat.
>
> The tail and stop lamps take a different base, and one would want the
> largest/brightest unit available. I installed the ones offered by Moss
> Motors.
>
> I tried the LEDs offered by Moss for the front turn indicators, but
> they didnâ??t work on my car â?? they were too long. When I tightened down
> the lens screws, it pressed the bulb down into the socket, cutting off
> the current. Later I figured out that I could have doubled up on the
> foam gaskets and prevented this.
>
> Note that using LEDs in the turn signal circuit requires one to
> install a electronic flasher unit.
>
> LED headlamp conversions are a more complex subject which I have not
> investigated.
>
>
> --
> Max Heim
>
>
>
>> On Jul 7, 2020, at 12:49 PM, Barrie Robinson <barrob@bell.net
>>
>> Hello Max,
>>
>> That is brilliant (sorry for the pun!)
>>
>> Did you by any chance get LEDs for rear brakes and turn bulbs or
>> elsewhere ? You don't do the turn ones but I think brighter would be
>> better. Do you have reference number for them and brakes ???- I
>> looked at my bulbs but no numbers !!!! The only place I would not use
>> LEDs is the head light - too expensive.
>>
>> But one thing - it says you can dim with normal rheostat as used
>> originally.  I /must/ use a 'inverter' from SpeedHut to dim my
>> speedo and tach - So does that mean I keep the currently installed
>> dimmer with the LEDLight bulbs and add another dimmer for the
>> SpeedHuts ? Actually that's sort of sexy - individual dimming - wow
>> !!!!!
>>
>> Your information was a relief as I was humming and harring about what
>> to get!
>>
>> Cheers
>> Barrie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/7/2020 1:00 PM, Max Heim wrote:
>>> I bought these LEDs for the instruments in my 1966 B, from
>>> LEDLight.com <http://ledlight.com/>.
>>>
>>> Product ID 57567
>>> #1487 Miniature Bulb E10 Base 5 5050 12V Dim-able T3 1/4
>>> Color: Warm White 3000K
>>> $2.42 ea.
>>>
>>> Note that there are brighter bulbs, but they contain more LED
>>> elements and are longer, and will not fit in the fuel or combo gauge
>>> locations. The number after the word â??Baseâ?? indicates the number of
>>> elements. The next size would be a â??9â??.
>>>
>>> I chose Warm White to simulate the color of the incandescent bulbs.
>>> I had tried the Bright White bulbs but I didn't like the effect â?? it
>>> was slightly bluish and actually tended to wash out the lettering on
>>> the gauges.
>>>
>>> I did not use LEDs in the turn signal indicators because I didn't
>>> see any need for them to be brighter.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Max Heim
>>> '66 MGB
>>>
>>>> On Jul 7, 2020, at 8:59 AM, Barrie Robinson <barrob@bell.net
>>>>
>>>> Hello Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I have installed a SpeedHut speedo and tacho in my MGB GT V8 (not a
>>>> factory one) and they are superb. But the dimmer does not work on
>>>> them. So I have decided to put LED bulbs in the remaining four
>>>> smaller gauges and this means I have to install a LED dimmer for
>>>> all six gauges.  SpeedHut supply an LED dimmer but despite many
>>>> emails I cannot find how their dimmer hooks up with their gauges
>>>> and my to-be-installed LEDs in the smaller four. (Probably affected
>>>> by the dreaded virus - which we know is a hoax). I do not to know
>>>> what LED bulbs I get for my 4 small gauges - and I need the new
>>>> stronger ones.  I bought LEDs a while way back and they were no
>>>> stronger than the incandescents !!!
>>>>
>>>> So is there anyone who is into this subject as your help would be
>>>> much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> I do hope that all is well with you and yours. We are not doing
>>>> badly and so far the dreaded lurgy has not come near us - but
>>>> taking super precautions including face masks.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Barrie
>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>
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<p>They draw a lot less current than the bulbs they replace. You
could dim them, but you'd need a different rheostat. Like the
electronic flashers, electronic dimmers are insensitive to the
load current. <br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/7/2020 1:37 PM, Max Heim wrote:<br>
</div>
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cite="mid:13595AA0-9B2F-44A8-8BE9-13CB156C00AB@sonic.net">
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I used these bulbs just for the instrument panel lamps. The
instrument panel turn signal indicators would take the same bulb.
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">Although the bulbs are advertised as â??dim-ableâ?? in
my experience they are either on or off â?? full brightness or not
visible. It could very well be that a electronic dimmer is
required, and they don't â??dimâ?? with the old-fashioned rheostat.<br
class="">
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">The tail and stop lamps take a different base, and
one would want the largest/brightest unit available. I
installed the ones offered by Moss Motors.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">I tried the LEDs offered by Moss for the front
turn indicators, but they didnâ??t work on my car â?? they were
too long. When I tightened down the lens screws, it pressed
the bulb down into the socket, cutting off the current. Later
I figured out that I could have doubled up on the foam gaskets
and prevented this.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">Note that using LEDs in the turn signal circuit
requires one to install a electronic flasher unit.<br class="">
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">LED headlamp conversions are a more complex
subject which I have not investigated.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
<div class="">
<div class="">--</div>
<div class="">Max Heim</div>
<div class=""><a href="mailto:mvheim@sonic.net"; class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">mvheim@sonic.net</a></div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
</div>
<div><br class="">
<blockquote type="cite" class="">
<div class="">On Jul 7, 2020, at 12:49 PM, Barrie
Robinson <<a href="mailto:barrob@bell.net"; class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">barrob@bell.net</a>>
wrote:</div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
<div class="">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=UTF-8" class="">
<div class=""> <font class="" size="-1"><font
class="" face="Arial">Hello Max,<br class="">
<br class="">
That is brilliant (sorry for the pun!)<br
class="">
<br class="">
Did you by any chance get LEDs for rear brakes
and turn bulbs or elsewhere ? You don't do the
turn ones but I think brighter would be better.Â
Do you have reference number for them and brakes
???- I looked at my bulbs but no numbers !!!! Â
The only place I would not use LEDs is the head
light - too expensive.  <br class="">
<br class="">
But one thing - it says you can dim with normal
rheostat as used originally.  I <i class="">must</i>
use a 'inverter' from SpeedHut to dim my speedo
and tach - So does that mean I keep the
currently installed dimmer with the LEDLight
bulbs and add another dimmer for the SpeedHuts
? Actually that's sort of sexy - individual
dimming - wow !!!!!<br class="">
<br class="">
Your information was a relief as I was humming
and harring about what to get! <br class="">
<br class="">
Cheers<br class="">
Barrie<br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
</font></font><br class="">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/7/2020 1:00 PM,
Max Heim wrote:<br class="">
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:67AE189E-45E3-4A19-8ACE-05B30F14EB30@sonic.net"
class="">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" class="">
I bought these LEDs for the instruments in my 1966
B, from <a href="http://ledlight.com/"; class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">LEDLight.com</a>.
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">Product ID 57567</div>
<div class="">#1487 Miniature Bulb E10 Base 5 5050
12V Dim-able T3 1/4<br class="">
<div class="">Color: Warm White 3000K</div>
<div class="">$2.42 ea.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">Note that there are brighter
bulbs, but they contain more LED elements and
are longer, and will not fit in the fuel or
combo gauge locations. The number after the
word â??Baseâ?? indicates the number of elements.
The next size would be a â??9â??.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">I chose Warm White to simulate the
color of the incandescent bulbs. I had tried
the Bright White bulbs but I didn't like the
effect â?? it was slightly bluish and actually
tended to wash out the lettering on the
gauges.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">I did not use LEDs in the turn
signal indicators because I didn't see any
need for them to be brighter.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">
<div class="">
<div style="letter-spacing: normal;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
word-spacing: 0px;
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break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space;
line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div style="letter-spacing: normal;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space:
normal; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-wrap: break-word;
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size:
13px;" class="">--</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size:
13px; min-height: 16px;" class="">Max
Heim</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size:
13px;" class="">'66 MGB</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
<blockquote type="cite" class="">
<div class="">On Jul 7, 2020, at 8:59 AM,
Barrie Robinson <<a
href="mailto:barrob@bell.net"; class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">barrob@bell.net</a>>
wrote:</div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
<div class="">
<meta http-equiv="content-type"
content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"
class="">
<div class=""> <font class="" size="-1"><font
class="" face="Arial">Hello Folks,<br
class="">
<br class="">
I have installed a SpeedHut speedo
and tacho in my MGB GT V8 (not a
factory one) and they are superb.Â
But the dimmer does not work on
them. So I have decided to put
LED bulbs in the remaining four
smaller gauges and this means I
have to install a LED dimmer for
all six gauges.  SpeedHut supply
an LED dimmer but despite many
emails I cannot find how their
dimmer hooks up with their gauges
and my to-be-installed LEDs in the
smaller four. (Probably affected
by the dreaded virus - which we
know is a hoax). I do not to know
what LED bulbs I get for my 4
small gauges - and I need the new
stronger ones.  I bought LEDs a
while way back and they were no
stronger than the incandescents
!!! <br class="">
<br class="">
So is there anyone who is into
this subject as your help would be
much appreciated.<br class="">
<br class="">
I do hope that all is well with
you and yours. We are not doing
badly and so far the dreaded lurgy
has not come near us - but taking
super precautions including face
masks.<br class="">
<br class="">
Cheers<br class="">
Barrie<br class="">
</font></font> </div>
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