Well my headlight switch bulb burned out again. And it got me thinking which is bad. So I took it out to replace it. As I had it out I thought to myself "I wish it was an led instead of a regular bulb. Thatway it would never need to be changed. So I did a little eletrical thinking and this is what I came up with.
I had some spare L.E.D. bulbs laying around. But most L.E.D. bulbs are low voltage 3 or 4 volts. And 12volts just blows them instantly. (trust me I know)
So I added a resistor and wha la a 12v led. The pics tell the story.
Note the resistor must be installed on the + terminal of the L.E.D.
I scraped out the old bulb out of the bayonet being carefull not to damage the black glass insulator on the bottom. Use a soldering iron with some compressed air to heat up the lead tip and then blow it away allowing for the +terminal of the resister to go through. Then you can solder, trim and file a little. All in all it took about 15 minutes to do.
Sorry about the blurryness but at night with low light the shutter on the camera has to be open for almost 15 secs. An eternity when hold it by hand.
I had some spare L.E.D. bulbs laying around. But most L.E.D. bulbs are low voltage 3 or 4 volts. And 12volts just blows them instantly. (trust me I know)
So I added a resistor and wha la a 12v led. The pics tell the story.
Note the resistor must be installed on the + terminal of the L.E.D.
I scraped out the old bulb out of the bayonet being carefull not to damage the black glass insulator on the bottom. Use a soldering iron with some compressed air to heat up the lead tip and then blow it away allowing for the +terminal of the resister to go through. Then you can solder, trim and file a little. All in all it took about 15 minutes to do.
Sorry about the blurryness but at night with low light the shutter on the camera has to be open for almost 15 secs. An eternity when hold it by hand.
