main beam blue light

Post by **oorwullie** » 05 Apr 2007, 22:04

anyone ever had one of these not working? took my entire dash apart today to find the wee lightbulb thingy on 2 thin wires had fallen out of it's connections!

i'd almost forgotten how much fun a T3 can be.

Post by **vanjam** » 05 Apr 2007, 23:12

beware! I replaced mine with a bog standard 5W blue led from maplins. You have to cut off the wires to length and, cos it's a diode, ensure that the connection is right, but I was astonished at the brightness of the 5 watt led. It made driving on mainbeam a nightmare, I was more dazzled by the dashlamp than by oncoming truckers, so i took it out. I tried to source a lower wattage blue led via maplins and a local really knowledgable electonics outfit ,but couldn't get one. I've ended up with a 1W green led which is still in a obscure pouch in my wallet, waiting to be fitted.

Hope this helps

Jim

Post by **oorwullie** » 06 Apr 2007, 13:16

i have plenty dash pods in stock and had already taken a diode out of one before i took mine apart.
it had only come out of the connection block to printed circuit, so no problem.

Website · Post by **CovKid** » 06 Apr 2007, 16:17

Vanjam - you and me both. Blue travels the furthest on the colour spectrum and oddly it was the last colour to be created in LED technology. I too was near blinded by the LED. Solution was to dip it in black paint!

Post by **oorwullie** » 06 Apr 2007, 19:09

actually the VW dash LEDs are all white, there's various colours of little hats go over them.

Post by **vanjam** » 07 Apr 2007, 22:39

oorwillie, can you post me a dashpod from switzerland!?