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Re: [oletrucks] LED panel lights

To: "K Ohlgren" <kjohlgren@hotmail.com>, <kruc@adelphia.net>,
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] LED panel lights
From: "Donald Simmons" <tasimmons@cbnn.net>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 20:01:06 -0700
I talked to an outfit called "Flip Flop Led" at a swap meet a couple of
weeks ago that offered a full line of led lights. They seemed to know quite
a bit about them. They have a website www.flipflopled.com if you are
interested. The phone # is 206-355-4199 in Kent,Wash.

Don Simmons


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K Ohlgren" <kjohlgren@hotmail.com>
To: <kruc@adelphia.net>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] LED panel lights


> Dave
> I saw some led aux brake lites that might work for tail lites in the
summit
> cataloge. i just started my project and will be in need of different
> tail/turn lites. these were 2x8 or 3x6 led units.
> kurt (a hacker 2)
>
>
> >From: "Dave" <kruc@adelphia.net>
> >Reply-To: "Dave" <kruc@adelphia.net>
> >To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: [oletrucks] LED panel lights
> >Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 00:29:36 -0600
> >
> >I got a couple good leads when I asked about LED taillights last month.
> >Recently I've been wonder ing if I could replace all incandescent lights
in
> >the truck with LEDs. (For the peanut gallery, no, not the headlights.)
> >Anyone done something like this yet? I was looking at the dome light and
> >thinking I could put a couple rows of LEDs in there. I've already put a
> >blue
> >LED and 560 ohm resistor in parallel with the torque converter lockup,
and
> >red ones in parallel across the brake lights. I did that when I had a
loose
> >turn signal mechanism that wouldn't activate the brake lights if the
lever
> >wasn't centered, later it also let me know I had an intermittent brake
> >switch. The high beam indicator and turn signal indicators would be easy
to
> >rig up, but are the available LEDs bright enough to light the gauges and
> >deluxe heater panel? FWIW, I used a hole saw and cut openings in my panel
> >and replaced the stock gauges with 2 1/16" electric Autometer gauges.
Yes,
> >I
> >admit it. I'm a hacker.
> >
> >Dave '57 3100
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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