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STMO123

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Re: LED Bulbs
« Reply #15 on: 21 July 2006, 19:05:00 »
Hi Phil. It may be only my opinion, but it seems like a hell of a lot of trouble to go to. What exactly are the benefits of having LED's? :-/
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Re: LED Bulbs
« Reply #16 on: 21 July 2006, 20:36:42 »
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Hi Phil. It may be only my opinion, but it seems like a hell of a lot of trouble to go to. What exactly are the benefits of having LED's? :-/
Basically I have had to change the stop/tail bulbs four times in the 15 months I have owned the car, and I have always purchased good quality bulbs, either Osram or Philips. LED bulbs are supposed to last the lifetime of a car, so I thought I would give them a try. Also the amber coloured LED indicator bulbs are far superior to the painted ones in use at present.
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Re: LED Bulbs
« Reply #17 on: 21 July 2006, 20:42:38 »
Loose connections or bad earths are usual reason for constant blowing bulbs - although I find the Vx bulbs do see to last better in my car...
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Re: LED Bulbs
« Reply #18 on: 21 July 2006, 20:56:49 »
I can honestly say I've never paid more than 50p for a stop/tail or indicator. I've never had any trouble with them and presumed everybody used them.  
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Re: LED Bulbs
« Reply #19 on: 21 July 2006, 21:03:03 »
I usually get a couple of years out of a bulb, generally most problems I've had have been bad coonections, poor earths etc.
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« Reply #20 on: 21 July 2006, 21:17:01 »
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Loose connections or bad earths are usual reason for constant blowing bulbs - although I find the Vx bulbs do see to last better in my car...
I have checked the above, it is always the brake light filament that blows, I even fitted a new brake light switch, and all rear bulbs have a common earth so why just that bulb, after the last one blew two weeks ago I thought why not try the LED's. It is only an experiment and if it doesn't work I will go back to the ordinary bulbs, I suppose we even learn something by failing, if thats the way it goes.
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Re: LED Bulbs
« Reply #21 on: 21 July 2006, 22:21:21 »
Watch the ratings on the non gen bulbs, the Omega tail light bulbs are not the standard wattage(and hence th false warnings!).

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Re: LED Bulbs
« Reply #22 on: 22 July 2006, 01:30:43 »
I have to say this does seem to be an awful lot of expense and aggravation with only marginal and somewhat dubious benefits. In the four years I have my Omega I don’t think I have had to change a single bulb. I hope you find it worthwhile in the end.
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