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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: geuymartz on 06 January 2010, 16:09:06

Title: lighting
Post by: geuymartz on 06 January 2010, 16:09:06

hey i took apart my headlights and put in some LED strips in place of my day time running lamps but now only one side will work there is no bulb because the leds take the place but when i put a bulb back in the opposite side will work so i tried to run a test wire across now i have nothing pleases tell me i did not f up to bad and how i can get them to work thanks

Title: Re: lighting
Post by: Broomies Mate on 06 January 2010, 16:39:23

LED's have a Positive and Negative side, standard Bulbs don't.

Have you wired the non working side incorrectly?

Title: Re: lighting
Post by: Broomies Mate on 07 January 2010, 16:22:53

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You should still use the original wires.  One will be positive (+12v) and one will be negative (earth).

With light Bulbs, it doesnt matter which way around these are because the bulb itself doesn't worry about Polarity.

LED's are different.  They ARE polarity conscious, so in order for them to work, they need to be wired the correct way around.

What colour wires do you have on the LED strips you have bought?

Title: Re: lighting
Post by: geuymartz on 07 January 2010, 19:58:41

both sides are wired the same way but when i touch the oe bulbs to the socket the opposite side lites up

Title: Re: lighting
Post by: Broomies Mate on 07 January 2010, 20:29:06

You'll have to splice the feed to the working light and cable across to the non working side.

With the OE bulbs, the current passes through one bulb, then onto the other.  With the in-built resistors in the LED units, that isn't possible as the current to the second LED is not sufficient.

Splice the LIVE cable before the LED unit and run a separate feed to each unit.  The Negative (earth) side should be fine as it is.