Trunk light LED upgrade

[sprediletto]

Was there a thread that talked about replacing the dome light, trunk light (in existing fixture) and license plate lights with LEDs from SuperBrightLeds or was i dreamimg??
Cant find it amd think i was in the Twilight Zone ......

Replacing incandescent bulbs with cool LED alternatives?

 

[Mischa]

i took your very good idea and luckily got a LED stripe as a present for free.

may be a bit to long - what is the max watt load we can put on the 12V system?

 

[tomsax]

i took your very good idea and luckily got a LED stripe as a present for free. may be a bit to long - what is the max watt load we can put on the 12V system?

Personally, I wouldn't recommend pulling much more power than the original bulb did. Since that light runs when the main contactor in the battery pack is open, I'd be cautious about drawing any more power than the OEM equipment.

I measured the current through the bulb at 12V when I did our car, but I don't remember what it was beyond noting in a post in this thread that the LED strip I used pulls about 2/3 of what the original bulb did.

 

[augkuo]

Posted this on the wrong forum so here’s a link -

Trunk Light DIY Mod

 

[backmost]

Reviving this thread as I am considering adding an LED strip for the trunk. Anyone do this more recently and how did it go?