Sequential Led Tail Lights....just installed
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69FB - If I ever stop being so lazy, I'll pull my interior and add dynamat also. Good luck with your project dude.
Ok cool, I'll probably make that upgrade one of these days myself. If you have a good meter with an amp clamp(FLUKE, Greenlee), then you can do this easily. Set the meter to DC amps, and put the clamp around the neg. batt cable, simple as that. (do this with the car NOT running, it's safer). Then turn your headlights on and read what it draws. My stock lights draw 11-12 amps with the engine off, haven't tried it with the car running yet.
If your meter doesn't have a clamp, chances are its rated for small circuitboard loads. It might say 200mA MAX...(thats a load of a fraction of ONE amp, max btw).
Your meter should say right on the front what amperage it can handle, I'll bet it says 200mA MAX, so I would definitely not use that or you'll fry it. If you know an electrician, or an ac guy, he can do it for you too.
If you actually do the test, I'd love to know what results you got. Take care man.
MrBob- I dunno about the efficiency of the lights....never checked....got the one-wire alternator but underdrive pulleys, so at idle they only dimmed when the sub was maxxed out....not a prob for now because the sub amp was fried about a month ago. I can tell you that I can see MUCH better at night with the h.i.d.s (and the looks on people's faces when they are first fired up are priceless). If you want the amp draw (here comes the shade tree part) just tell me how to measure it. I have a meter, just not sure how or where to measure. Forgive me.
Ok cool, I'll probably make that upgrade one of these days myself. If you have a good meter with an amp clamp(FLUKE, Greenlee), then you can do this easily. Set the meter to DC amps, and put the clamp around the neg. batt cable, simple as that. (do this with the car NOT running, it's safer). Then turn your headlights on and read what it draws. My stock lights draw 11-12 amps with the engine off, haven't tried it with the car running yet.
If your meter doesn't have a clamp, chances are its rated for small circuitboard loads. It might say 200mA MAX...(thats a load of a fraction of ONE amp, max btw).
Your meter should say right on the front what amperage it can handle, I'll bet it says 200mA MAX, so I would definitely not use that or you'll fry it. If you know an electrician, or an ac guy, he can do it for you too.
If you actually do the test, I'd love to know what results you got. Take care man.
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