Re: Does the BF falcon have LED tail-lights??

the_dawggie <the_dawggie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

>David Z wrote:
>> Was behind a Falcon today and noticed the tail-lights had an
interesting 
>> pattern.  Instead of a bulb or bulbs, there were lots and lots of
little 
>> bright dots arranged in a circular pattern (picture rings around a 
>> planet to get an idea).  Although the BA/BF "shape" has been around 
>> since '02, I've never really noticed it until now.  Are these actually 
>> LED tail-lights and if so, were they a recent addition or have they 
>> always been there?  I think it was a base XT model too.

>All sorts of aftermarket products are available ...

And LED replacement lights are really good for reducing energy usage
(which
means less current draw in wiring, etc.), and there are numerous ways to
arrange the light output from an array of LED's to make them give the same
or better distribution/spread/whatever compared to using
grossly-inefficient
filament lamps.

Just be careful using no-name cheapy Asian LED lights unless they're
fully-tested first - I've had some do bad things. In one case a
'festoon-style' 9-LED lamp caught fire when the electronics on the tiny
PCB
in the lamp body overloaded. It was in a number plate light on the back of
the car fortunately and I didn't know until the next night when I noticed
the light had stopped working. You can see pics of this on my LED lighting
project page at:

http://lios.apana.org.au/~c900/relighting.html

But other than that, pretty much all the experiences with LED lighting in
my
cars has been positive. Modern vehicles are starting to appear more and
more
with LED lighting as standard so that's a good thing since it helps to
offset all the extra electrical load resulting from the additional gadgets
and engine control devices.

Craig.
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