Tell Tale conversion to LED

[AJSGSE1990]

Hello, am struggling to find the spec of the Tell Tale lights, as far as I can see the bulbs are T5 but the holders come in all sorts of sizes. The base is 12mm which is a T.47 apparently. Has anyone bought from these peeps?

https://www.classiccarleds.co.uk/produc ... dd70&_ss=r

Thanks,

Andrew.

[Fredjohn]

Sorry, don't know what you mean by tell tale lights, but might be worth looking at Light Bulbs in wikilec

[stevie-a]

What is Tell Tale light??

Edit:

A google said dash lights, i have never heard the term Tell Tale light...

[AJSGSE1990]

Sorry, don't know what you mean by tell tale lights, but might be worth looking at Light Bulbs in wikilec

The little twist bulbs holders that light up the dash indicators such as brake warning, indicators, and low battery etc. I can find the bulbs themselves but not the lamp holders as I cannot find dimensions of the products sold.

Cheers.

[AJSGSE1990]

What is Tell Tale light??
A google said dash lights, i have never heard the term Tell Tale light...

That's the one. Cheers.

[rip]

A word of warning about the indicator light: current flows through it in opposite directions depending on which side you are indicating.
This is fine when you use a bulb, because it works in either direction.
A LED only works 1 way though.

[AJSGSE1990]

A word of warning about the indicator light: current flows through it in opposite directions depending on which side you are indicating. This is fine when you use a bulb, because it works in either direction.
A LED only works 1 way though.

Absolutely, thank you. I am doing a full rewire with PDMs so at the moment only really need those plastic holders. I might just end up using push through 8mm units, next I need to try and frost the LED bulb to get them a bit more diffused.

Cheers.

[peteoddcar]

I’ve used Classic LED many times a few years back - decent quality and engineered in Uk by the owner. Probably the only place I’d go for LED conversions.

[AJSGSE1990]

I’ve used Classic LED many times a few years back - decent quality and engineered in Uk by the owner. Probably the only place I’d go for LED conversions.

Purchased and they fit perfectly.

Cheers.

[stevie-a]

I did my triumph many years ago with the dash lights to LED another word of warning do not change the battery indicator to LED is this will cause an error leave it with the standard bulb

[AJSGSE1990]

I did my triumph many years ago with the dash lights to LED another word of warning do not change the battery indicator to LED is this will cause an error leave it with the standard bulb

Understood, thanks.

[awaken101]

I'm a little late to the conversation, but I was just reseating some new copper tape for some of the bulbs a couple days ago and since I had it out, I tried a set of LED bulbs I had bought awhile back. These ONLY replaced the ones ABOVE the bottom row, I believe there are 3? 4? They do work, if they don't work on the first try... try rotating the bulb 180 degrees and push and turn in.

These were found on Amazon US, the title is "Guage Cluster Speedometer Light Bulbs Super Bright 17 18 27 37 58 86 2721 Bulb T5 B8.5d COB 1SMD Led Dashboard Dash Cluster Speedmeter Instrument Panel LED Light Bulbs (White,10PCS) ". They have a few different colors but I opted to get plain white. They are nice and bright, no complaints.

[AJSGSE1990]

These were found on Amazon US, the title is "Guage Cluster Speedometer Light Bulbs Super Bright 17 18 27 37 58 86 2721 Bulb T5 B8.5d COB 1SMD Led Dashboard Dash Cluster Speedmeter Instrument Panel LED Light Bulbs (White,10PCS) ". They have a few different colors but I opted to get plain white. They are nice and bright, no complaints.

I got the Classic LED ones in the UK and they fit fine, I had to modify them as I don't use the backing screen any more so they have to be individually wired. Found a lovely little mini PDM from Blink Stop which will handle 650mA per channel, means I can run most of the dash light off can bus. What fun.

Cheers,

Andrew.