Its kind of weird, I have been playing with it the past few hours. But they are definitely not like Christmas lights.
There are 2 rows of bulbs. Each has its own + and - feeds.
So 4 wires, to power 10 bulbs, whatever...
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So I guess if I were to go to LED's. I could add a resistor to each bulb, or, between each supply line?
Maybe it uses all of the bulbs for day time and only half for night time when the headlights are on?
Add a resister to each LED and you cannt go wrong. Andy
Light bulbs shine all around. But LEDs usually shine only in a narrow angle that will poorly light the dashboard.
Get LEDs that shine in a very wide angle like in my solar garden lights and in my radio controlled model helicopter.
what year, make, model car is this board out of. maybe a schematic is avaliable on line. then maybe a knowledgable decioion could determine best way to connect LEDs
Dont know, they put these radios in everything. Luminas, Malibus, Monte Carlos, Caprice, Impala, Silverados etc etc etc.
Ive been looking for a schematic for awhile. Not only of the face, but for the rest of the boards.
That face is off a 98 tape player.
Its an Delphi radio,
one of the model numbers is 16210141
Nobody makes an LED with a 360 degrees beam. Yours will be mounted on a circuit board so you need just 90 degrees.
The tiny blue surface-mounted LED on the circuit board of my radio controlled model helicopter has a beam of almost 180 degrees.
yeah, if I thought a little more before I asked I would have realized that.
so, a nearly 180 output, with brightness similar to the overloaded bulb, and similar color, what are my options?
As 4pyros said there is no single led that can do what you want, they simply do not work that way, you'd need a module with LED's aimed in a pattern to disperse the light over the arc you wanted.
Look for LED car replacement bulbs on Google. You'll only find about 9 million results, many that are ready to pop into place.