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JayIN 
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Posted: 20 Jun 2019 at 11:01am |
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Got my hayride wagon finished. Wired up some LED flashing warning lights for safety. Need to upgrade the lights on the WD45 now. Anybody know of any plug and play replacement bulbs? I have 6v GE1133 right now. Anyone have any experience with this? Thanks in advance!
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DennisA (IL)
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Posted: 20 Jun 2019 at 11:26am |
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Posted: 20 Jun 2019 at 6:16pm |
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I sure did not know they make 6v led bulbs. Learn something new every day.
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 20 Jun 2019 at 6:24pm |
White LEDs are actually about 3 volts, so 2 are in series to make 6 volts, 4 for 12. Depending on make/model of LED though some use 3 in series for 12 and a small resistor to limit current. Those good for 6-20 volts probably are run in 'constant current' mode which is how LEDs are supposed to be used.
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Posted: 20 Jun 2019 at 6:43pm |
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You can’t merely string 2, 3, or whatever LEDs together to get to a12 volt total. You need a current limiting resistor, regardless of the voltage. In the case of using 6 volts for a 12 volt light, you would need to change the value of the resistor. It’s a little more complicated than just installing a resistor of half the value. You tell me the voltage and current rating of each LED and I can calculate the size of the resistor needed.
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Posted: 20 Jun 2019 at 8:06pm |
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wow learned more new stuff
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Posted: 20 Jun 2019 at 8:19pm |
Try these: https://www.digikey.com/products/en?keywords=CL25N3-G-NDwill operate on 5 to 90VDC, and output .025mA. They are also available in .010mA, .020mA, in both the TO-92 package, as well as SMD.
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Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 9:44am |
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Looking for a complete plug and play bulb.Just twist it into the socket and go. Dont want to do any wiring or resistors, etc. Keep it simple
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Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 9:51am |
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Finding something for 6 volts will not be easy. There are LED's out there that can be made to work on 6 volts, but finding a plug and play one might be a problem, at least finding one with 50 equivalent watts or more. Look around. Google. I might be wrong.
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Posted: 24 Jun 2019 at 1:30pm |
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I ordered what DennisA IL suggested. Will report back when they come in and I get them installed.Thanks for the help!
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Posted: 24 Jun 2019 at 2:17pm |
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Make sure your flasher will work with LED's. My sheriff's department got this wild hair that they wanted LED's for their tail and directional lights. Net result: They wouldn't flash unless we installed resistors in parallel with the bulbs. The current draw was too low to perk the flasher. Finding a LED flasher for a 2014 vehicle was next to impossible.
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Posted: 24 Jun 2019 at 2:25pm |
LED bulbs are POLARITY sensitive - so you need + or -- ground bulbs . They just don't work without proper polarity . Seems I found out with British motorcycles as they are + ground .
You can find bulbs on AMAZON that will work
Edited by Coke-in-MN - 24 Jun 2019 at 2:26pm
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Posted: 29 Jun 2019 at 5:52pm |
The 1133 white LEDs as posted by DennisA above work fine in any 6 Volt system,either + or - ground, they are what you want, just plug and play!!! Pay no attention to the other posts above, they do not apply to this situation!!!
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Posted: 29 Jun 2019 at 7:00pm |
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I ordered them. Will report back.
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Posted: 29 Jun 2019 at 9:58pm |
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I am interested in hearing how it works out! May need to order some myself.
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