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Date:         Mon, 5 Jul 2010 09:43:30 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Switch to LED lighting??
Comments: To: Jaap Nauta <jaap.bus@IAE.NL>
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At 06:03 AM 7/5/2010 Monday, Jaap Nauta wrote: >Became a bit technical, hope still understandable :-)

The LEDs may not be very good sinks, but what do they have to sink? What's driving them when the brake light switch is open? Should be...nothing, hence 0 volts. Or does the cruise control inject a current to make sure there are lights back there?

Yrs, d


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