Date:         Tue, 16 Jul 2013 03:28:21 +0000
Reply-To:     J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: For auto trans owners only
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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I changed my dash lights to LEDs from Van Cafe, all except the LCD clock. Very easy on the eyes (mine are 55 yrs old) and much more visible at night than the old ones. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> At 10:42 PM 7/15/2013, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> >The blue lights are somewhat calming and remind me that I need to get
> >going
> >on that Subaru engine.
> Funny, blue lights for me have the precise opposite effect. I wish
> blue LEDs had never been invented, or at least had been invented at
> the same time as red ones and not been delayed so long that they
> suddenly became fashionable. Optically they're about the worst
> possible choice for visual acuity and not having strange vibrating
> optical effects.
> >lights were dead too when I bought the van, but I replaced them with
> >incandescents--for now! I'm trying to make everything last as long as
> >I'm
> >likely to now, which probably isn't hard to do.
> If you change your dash lights to LEDs you'll have to modify the
> dimming circuit to get reasonable dimming. Incandescent and LED dim
> entirely differently. They don't play well together and they don't
> like the same kinds of dimmer circuits. Plus of course the fixtures
> were designed with the all-around radiation from incandescents in
> mind. For me it makes sense just to leave them be.
> Yrs,
> d