Sunroof button, does it illuminate?

**Ken-f** · 25-09-2008 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by Ken-f

off to Jaycar to pickup some 3mm LEDs tmr. I'll let you guys know how it goes.

Lol, im quoting myself :P

**Crapdaz** · 25-09-2008 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by Ken-f

Lol, im quoting myself :P

goodluck mate, i don't know how you guys do it.

There is hardly anytime.
i should take a week holiday from work and just do diy jobs on the car.

**Ken-f** · 25-09-2008 11:17 PM

Yea, only time is now. Uni break starts! wooo...

**Ken-f** · 26-09-2008 11:35 AM

damn! i forgot the 3mm are not 12 v!!

**EUR003act** · 26-09-2008 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by Ken-f

damn! i forgot the 3mm are not 12 v!!

resistor in series... about 610-720ohm should do it

**Ken-f** · 26-09-2008 05:47 PM

I got some, but they guy gave me 560 ohm ones.....i sure hope they are okay. He calculated 590, but we forgot when we got to the shelf. lol

**EUR003act** · 26-09-2008 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by Ken-f

I got some, but they guy gave me 560 ohm ones.....i sure hope they are okay. He calculated 590, but we forgot when we got to the shelf. lol

lol yeah theyll be fine... in all honesty, anything between 300-1000ohm would work...

i used 470ohm in mine (wanted them bright) but they burnt out after a couple of months

i have to redo two in my centre console this weekend, and ill prob use bigger 1watt 700ohm ones just to be sure

**Ken-f** · 27-09-2008 12:53 AM

After some playing around....i finally got one of them done and tested......bloody hell it was hard work. So anyway, i finally get it tested, then i try to put the sunroof button part back into the....button holder thing. But my resistor wont go through! its jammed!! So i squash it into the little hole, but the wires were touching, thereby bypassing the resistor! and all this smoke came out. lol. I think i've blow a fuse as all my interior lights + parkers dont work :S