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I think that LEDs themselves give off virtually no heat, however there
is probably also a resistor in there that may give off some. I've had my
LED setup for over a year & have not noticed any heat problems (but I
wasn't monitoring for this either. Next time I am out at night for an
extended period, I'll do a hand test!)

I don't think there is much airflow through/around our gauges. Also,
there is double the danger with going to higher wattage bulbs: one is
added heat and the second is the higher current draw.

I don't remember the recommended limits, but I'm sure there are many on
the forum who could recommend the maximum safe bulb wattage.

ttyl
Roydon }8-)>


On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 15:36 -0700, Ken Green wrote:
> You might want to be a little careful with LEDs in this application.
> I've been told that if they get hot, their life is shortened.  It
> doesn't look like they have much of a heat sink.  Will there be any
> air flow around them?
>  
> Ken
> 
> MyCars <MyCars at comcast.net> wrote:
>         Check out these plug'n play LEDs
>         http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?product=755
>         
>         Here is a picture of the difference in my car
>         http://mycars.home.comcast.net/Pantera/pantera.html
>         
>         I had bayonette type connectors in my car, if you have
>         different
>         connectors... they have other type of LEDs that should fit!
>         
>         ttyl
>         Roydon }8-)>
>         
>         
>         On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 17:07 -0400, Tom Cabanski wrote:
>         > John,
>         > I took a quick look to see how to install higher wattage
>         bulbs and could
>         > not figure it out.
>         > What is the easiest way to get to the bulbs & install new
>         ones?
>         > Tom
>         > 
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