[Healeys] LED Running/Stop Bulbs

[WILLIAM B LAWRENCE]

The charge indicator light works by balancing two hot side (negative in your case) inputs. If one side goes out of balance the current flows from the hot side to the low side and lights the lamp. That means that the polarity changes as conditions change. LEDs are diodes which are polarity sensitive and will not function and will possibly be destroyed by reversed polarity.


Bill Lawrence

BN1 #554

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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 4:58:55 PM
To: Healeys
Subject: [Healeys] LED Running/Stop Bulbs

I've got LED backlights in my instruments--except for the charge/cutoff
indicator*--and would like to put them in my running/nav/brake lights.
The correct incandescent bulb is an 1157, and I've found lots of LED
1157s on the 'net, but they're all neg. ground and my cars are both pos.
ground (and I'm not interested in changing to neg. ground).  Anyone
found pos. ground 1157 red bulbs anywhere?   I'm aware you need to
increase the load with resistors, or change to a solid state flasher.

TIA,

Bob

* anyone know why you shouldn't use an LED here?  I ran one for a while
and noticed no issues, but Moss and others are adamant you shouldn't do it

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