LED side light bulbs

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Dormouse
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LED side light bulbs

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I bought some LED encapsulated 501 side light bulbs off ebay.
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They fitted well and are virtually identical in size and shape.
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However, on the camper van ( Ducato ) they threw a bulb failure warning light. On the Vitara they did not. So much for being Canbus error free. They do give a good clean light however and work well in the Vitara's numberplate lights
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Kees
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Re: LED side light bulbs

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You need to use a ballast resistor parallel on the leds
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Re: LED side light bulbs

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I find those LED bulbs work really well as interior lights in my older cars...
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