Paul Riccioli Jr

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I did mine this weekend and they look really good. I am having a problem though with them burning up on me. I don't think it's a problem with the resistors. I think that when I'm moving the cluster around that some of the wires in the sockets are touching each other and causing them to short out! Did you guys insulate the wires or anything like that to keep them from touching?? I'm really worried that they are going to short when I'm driving and hit a big bump.

Also if anyone is looking for some 10,000 mcd blue LED's I have about 30 left that I'll sell you.

Paul Riccioli Jr

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Nobody??

RedDragon

I haven't put in LEDs for dash lights (yet), but I do think insulating them would be a good idea. Make sure the LEDs are in the right way too. They have a positive and negative side.

Good Luck
C.J.

pasky

You should always insulate wires, thats a good place to start.

Paul Riccioli Jr

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This may be a dumb question, but do they sell just insulation sleeving that I can use on the wires from the led's?

pasky

Not sure =/. but you could always use electric tape, its better than nothing I suppose =/.

Paul Riccioli Jr

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If I tried wrapping them with electrical tape they would never end up fitting in the socket. Someone else on the boards suggested using the little straw that comes with a can of WD-40....I think I'll give that a try when I redo the ones I burnt out.

RedDragon

You can get shrink tube at electronics or hardware stores. Just slip it over the wire you need to insulate, and heat it up with a hair dryer, lighter, etc...It'll shrink around the wires and insulate them.

MrDude_1

yup... works great and looks nice and professional.