Yup yup.

 

thanks man, you and axsys are a huge help...ill be sure to post up some pics once the led's come and i get to work

 

no problem. well be waiting for pictures!

 

J&P Cycle(www.jpcycles.com) sells a wiring harness/plug that allows you to use and LED(or LEDs) as running and brake/turn signal lights. if anyone wanted to know. i ran into it on accident. lol.

 

So am I looking at this correct? Are you running just 1 LED with a resistor to the battery? If so, that is a pretty big waste in my opinion. This is especially true if you are using an LED with a drop of about 3V and lets say 20mA. Assuming a 14V system (as per reasons mentioned above already) that means each resistor is 550 Ohm and the power dissipated by each resistor is going to be 220mW. If you really want me to go through all the math, I will. A lot of resistors out there are only 250mW resistors, and this is going to mean the resistor is going to get pretty hot which leads to premature failure.

The best way to do this would be to use a series of 3LED's then a resistor at the end of the series. This helps minimize parts count, keep the power dissipated by the resistor down, and still provide a good balance of brightness. You can then add as many extra sets of 3 LED's in series plus a resistor as you need/want.

If you want bright LED's, like the kind used OEM in car taillights and such, check out "superflux" LED's. They run at 70mA. I have them stock in my G35, and I have also used them in a turn signal project for my G35. To see which LED's I'm talking about, google LTL911SEKSA, LTL911SYKSA. They are made by lite-on. You can buy them from digikey. Lumileds (made by philips) also make superflux LED's, but I do not know their model numbers off the top of my head.

 

Superflux LEDs are way too big for the passenger peg application.

 

That could be. I never actually tried fitting one on there. They are generally 7.62mm x 7.62mm cases. To me it just seems like 3mm LED's won't be really bright enough to do much, especially in the daytime. Just my opinion though.

 

Mine look great in the daytime. I left them at full brightness, didn't dim them down for running lights, though.