Quote:
Originally Posted by nvidia
Just wanted to alert anyone who is planning on doing this, as you can read in the post a few above mine, this will dim your rear door lighting. The reason being that the module that is lighting the LED's is sending an exact voltage with a limited amperage rating designed to just power the existing LED's. For example, look at any wall adapter you have at home. It will list the output voltage and amperage of that adapter such as 12v and 150mah (1.8 watts). The device that you use with that adapter can not draw any more than the rated 1.8w or it will not work, or in the case of an LED it will not be at its rated brightness. So when you add the new LED's it has to split the amperage thus lowering the output. It does seem however that the module has some headroom, and for this reason it does not cut the brightness down by half but instead only slightly. To get around this entirely you can try to find the wiring for the read power outlet and run them off of that, however that will be much more involved and the lights will always be on, and at full brightness.
|
That is bad news, as the strip on the door is so dim you don't even notice it if you don't know where to look for.
Couldn't the module be programmed to give more amperage?