checkmate1996

Well, I was all excited to get my 194 LED replacements (These are for the main 3 bulbs) for my 12v/3w filament bulbs from v-led.com Popped them in and turned the key to instrument lights and smoke immediately came out of the pod.

Pulled the pod..burned the whole circuit....

After further testing, I don't think they are compatible with pod wedge base holders and/or the .27a draw at 14v put it over the top as that would equate to ~3.8w.
(Update - the 194 5 SMT B are 11.5-14.4 at .70ma draw which equates to a little over 1w. I'm stumped...)

Alan??thoughts?

Anyone have a spare circuit board???????????????

This sucks!!

checkmate1996

Ok, so I think I figured it out since I had a bit of extra time on my hands!

I pulled out the ac/dc 12v converter and hooked up the LED:

In wedge - no worky = ground fault error
Out of Wedge - worky = no problems

I compared the LED to the filament bulb to discover the filament just has one wire contact on each side versus the LED has 2 on each side (most likely for the reverse polarity). So I cut a piece of electrical tape to precisely fit over one of the contacts on each side. Voila, it worked! albeit a bit too late...

Here's a pic of what I'm talking about. Please forgive my crappy camera but hopefully you get the idea.

Still looking for used 79 instrument cluster!!