On 31 Jul 96 at 14:42, William Abbott wrote: > > Yep, 80's VW products had something Blue that looked like an LED > for high-beams. I always intended to get a 'spare' and see what it was- > my guess is a lightbulb with a blue plastic cover. If its an LED, it'll > turn ON in micro-seconds, if an incandesent lamp, milliseconds, so if > you're sharp-eyed, or can make a highspeed film or video of it > you can tell without sawing the thing apart. An led will conduct only > one way (its a diode after all) while a lamp will conduct both ways. > On my 85 Jetta, I'm pretty sure it's incandescent for two reasons: it has a blue plastic 'cap' which covers a clear bulb fitting in the LED socket, and I've burnt out 2 of these, but *never* burnt out an LED in any of my VWs... (I've never tried to buy one though - I had a spare cluster to scavenge one from..)
Shawn '88 Westy 332k (Kyra) '85 Jetta TD 350k (Jenni)
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