New white one in middle with the old blue ones either side:
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Front cluster all new bulbs:
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Now used up three boxes over 2 cars. The dead ones were a bit of user error and the contact wires needing shifted apart a bit to pick up the contacts properly. Very happy with them.
1st Nov 2016 6:32 pm
gstuart
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hi dsl
thks for the update
i felt such an idiot , ur lesson learned
never experienced that before , whilst the doors were open, pressed the middle row light that had the led in , the front one dimmed and then started to see smoke coming out of the centre one, was only around 3 x secs before i tore the led out quick, so don't think it's done to much damage but going to check
i can see me taking the headlining out to check all the way along between the lights
i had two different makes of leds in, wonder if that was why it smoked
plus found two further lights at the back either side , do they come on with opening the doors or manual on and off , as they don't work and will check the fuse first
thks ref the link, at least i know what to buy that will be safe this time
1st Nov 2016 10:54 pm
gstuart
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DSL wrote:
Forgot to update this, well updated elsewhere as forgot about this thread.
New white one in middle with the old blue ones either side:
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Front cluster all new bulbs:
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Now used up three boxes over 2 cars. The dead ones were a bit of user error and the contact wires needing shifted apart a bit to pick up the contacts properly. Very happy with them.
these were the ones that caused issues with the wiring smoking after fitting them in the centre light console
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The feedback mentions shorting, might be the problem you had.
1st Nov 2016 11:02 pm
gstuart
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thks
a big lesson and already kicked myself several times
but think i should take the lining out to check all the wiring , thinking how much i can see on removing the centre light ,
is it hard to get the headlining out please , its in several bits isn't it
sorry asking dim questions but i feel really dim at the moment after making this mistake
1st Nov 2016 11:06 pm
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I'm non techie so can't help with headlining, but did this blow the fuse? Should have done.
1st Nov 2016 11:08 pm
gstuart
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to be honest i packed up for the day and thought a cuppa would be a better idea
seeing it's good fun getting to the fuse box thought i would look tomorrow and also haven't got any fuses
did order a selection seeing they were different from anything i had ,
will know more in the next few days
have ordered some more leds from the links provided , just a lesson learned in not to get ones with a metal surround , lol
2nd Nov 2016 12:58 am
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2nd Nov 2016 2:26 am
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11th Jan 2017 9:52 am
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Don't know if it will be an issue with these (or anyone else) but I couldn't get the LED bulbs to work in my D4 front puddle lights, no matter what I tried. Not polarity, I think it saw no resistance and thought it was a short so stopped any juice. No problem in the rears or on my D3 front puddle lights. Weird with a capitol WEE!!
11th Jan 2017 11:42 am
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I have it on my MY2011 and it's work well.....Discovery 5 tdv6 HSE Corris Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition IID Pro MV License
Don't know if it will be an issue with these (or anyone else) but I couldn't get the LED bulbs to work in my D4 front puddle lights, no matter what I tried. Not polarity, I think it saw no resistance and thought it was a short so stopped any juice. No problem in the rears or on my D3 front puddle lights. Weird with a capitol WEE!!
Mine work fine in the puddle lights. Relatively cheap ebay ones.
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thanks guys, I think removing them is the best bet, can't go covert when the sun comes out every time you open the door
