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Date:         Sat, 3 Jul 2010 09:00:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Switch to LED lighting
In-Reply-To:  <00f701cb1abc$a7a19730$6401a8c0@korky2>
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A resistor in parallell with any other resistance or LED actually reduces the current over the LED depending on the size of the resistor....

On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Ken Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net> wrote:

> That is exactly correct. Adding a resistor in parallel to the LEDS > increases > the current and fixes the problem. I forget what size but it shouldn't be > hard to ascertain by trial and error. For a starting value, measure the > bulb > you remove, then decrease resistance. Pay attention to wattage. > Ken Lewis > http://neksiwel.20m.com/ > in statu viae > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 3:59 PM > Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Switch to LED lighting > > > At 03:28 PM 7/2/2010 Friday, Jay lefstein wrote: >> >>> Why/how would led lights confuse the cruise?? >>> >> >> If a particular cruise control setup detects the current in the >> stop-light line to tell that the brakes have been applied, the lesser >> current drawn by equivalent LEDs might not trigger the cruise control >> to drop out when the brakes are applied. >> >> Yours, >> David >> ps -- That's not a good method IMO anyway because the lamps might be >> burnt out, circuit bad etc. But it's a lot more convenient than >> having to mount a switch at the brake pedal, or install another >> hydraulic switch in the master cylinder. >> >>


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