Ambient lighting... Increase brightness possibility?

glachhman2 · 08-01-2015, 03:11 PM

Change out those resistors and the led

josehon · 08-06-2015, 01:55 PM

http://www.hobby-hour.com/electronic...-resistors.php
4420 is 442 ohms. What will be the good value without killing the LED? 3/4 of it? like 300 ohms?

glachhman2 · 08-07-2015, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by josehon

http://www.hobby-hour.com/electronic...-resistors.php
4420 is 442 ohms. What will be the good value without killing the LED? 3/4 of it? like 300 ohms?

Looks like they are in parallel so it would be 442 divided by 2. But we would have the check the voltage coming in on those two wires. Worst case change the led to one with known specifications and change the resistors appropriately.

SackOHammers · 08-10-2016, 12:47 PM

Would be delighted if someone smarter than me could figure this out. I would really light brighter ambient door lights.

GORDON.M3 · 07-30-2019, 12:26 AM

This is an interesting read, I've noticed over the years the ambient lighting on the front doors seem to be dimmed over the years of constant use. Replacing those resistors and SMD would probably work but you would need to find out what would work without melting the housings.

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