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fabian14 · 08-07-2004, 12:51

Anyone Out There That Can Help Me With This Problem. I Just Purchaese Led Lights For For 2004 Zts And When I Put The Light In It Just Blows The Fuse. I Am Hoping That Someone Out There Has Installed These Before. If You Have Please Give Me Some Help.

Liquid_XR8 · 08-11-2004, 20:16

what sort of lights are these? didi you just buy individual leds?? The basic theory is that LEDs need current limiting resistors or they will act as a short circuit, and blow the fuse.

Schmaigz · 11-10-2004, 03:42

old thread and its probably been answered, but the LED is rated at too low volts, often they require 2 or 4 volts and to stop it blowing the LED you need to give it some resistance, depending on what LED you have depends on how many OHMs it needs.

TIKFD6 · 11-10-2004, 04:22

Generally a water clear, coloured LED will work fine with a 560Ohm resistor, in a 12V curcuit.
I generally use 360 Ohm resistors in the LED's in my car, or run them in series.