Use a Resistor to Stop Interior LEDS From Glowing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- If you've added interior LED lights to your vehicle, they may be "glowing" dimly even if all of the lights are switched off. This can be fixed by installing a resistor, which can be found at
www.radioshack...
Tried these on my Dakota and fixed the led glow issue. Resistors do heat up if left on for awhile . Use caution if your paranoid of heat but if your like me and annoyed by the glow. This will fix the issue.
This worked for me. My front dome uses two bulbs and my back uses three bulbs. I used two leds in the front and in the back dome I used two leds and kept one regular halogen bulb and it stop the glowing. The two leds are so strong that you can barely tell. This balances out the glowing effect, not ideal but works.
Adrian did the same on my Jetta
Buddy that is slicker than snot on a door knob..
It worked PERFECTLY!
If you don't shut the "glow" off..it WILL kill your battery..Thank - you SIR!!
Glad it worked! Thanks for watching.
So I put one resistor in with my front passenger dome light, It worked. However if I click on just that one passenger dome light the rear map lights glow. Would a resistor in both front dome lights and both rear map lights fix this? Or should I just live with it?
I have an 06 Mustang with just map lights. How would I install the resistor through those?
Seems to me that the resistor in parallel with the LED will pass some leakage current in lieu of the LED light itself. Something like 0.012 A using Ohm's law assuming no current through the LED bulb in parallel. So this means that the battery drain will persist after this workaround except you won't see it any more.
The resistor needs to be in series, much like an Arduino system?
Do you know if I don’t fix the glow will it
Kill my battery?
Just did this today in my 2017 VW Golf. The problem I was having, is when I had my lights set to turn on when the doors open, and this caused the lights to stay dimmly lit, and not having that feature on annoyed me. Inserting one of these resistors along with the LED fixed my problem. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for watching and I am glad it helped. I had the same issue when I replaced some doorsill lights in a newer car.
Hello, did you add only resistor to only one of this leds or each led?
I have the same problem with the dome LEDs,, it's any problem if i left like that
This doesn’t fix anything related to the real problem of stray current in the circuit. The resister acts as a load, absorbing the stray current, diverting it from the light. The battery will still drain. It’s like fixing a small plumbing leak by wrapping a towel around it, so you never see the water.
do you need a resistor for every light that stays dim?
Hey Chris, Just one resistor installed somewhere in the circuit will stop all of the glowing. I put this one in my dome light and it stopped my dome and map lights from glowing. Thanks for the comment!
Is .25 watt 1,000ohms the standard resistor size for all 12 volt systems?
What happens when I don't do this, will my battery be dead in a week or?
When I turn my light on it just flickers but the halogen bulb didn’t do that. What could cause that
Why 1/4 w 1000 ohm? There is another video saying about 1/2 w 1000 ohm
I have 4 bulbs in the circut each 1W philips extreme vision 360. I watched some videos how resistors can burn and i don't want that happend in my car
Maciej Skurznica
14.4 Volts / 1000 Ohms = 0.0144 Amps (or 14.4 mA). 14.4 mA * 14.4 Volts = 0.207 Watts, or about a fifth of a Watt... so a quarter Watt resistor should suffice.
Hi there!
I dont have dome light in the middle. I have 2 front and 3 back and a trunk light (Sylvania). Can I put the resistor on the truck light, because it is the only one that long enough.
Thanks
My led bulbs flicker and are dim when the vehicle is not running but bright when the vehicle is running
@PiedmontTiger Is that the right resistor in the link, or is a 1/4w 1000 ohm resistor the right one?
do you think you can help me out with what kind of resistor i bought some but i guess it was to much because start to burn it was a 22 ohm and idk how high or what the right one my dome light are cylinder bulbs 12 volts i would appreciate it if u can help me out because all my interior lights stay on
My Interior Led lights are dim when I turn on the car and the lightning switch isn’t even on, and when I turn it off they stay dim, idk what to do
same happen to me but at first they would go off and now they just stay dim so idk either
How to install resistor on T10 led bulb. Ford Fieata is in question.
Now what about the smaller bulbs with the one contact connector piece that fits into such a tight space?
Hmmm I haven't had to add one to those, sorry I don't have an answer from experience, but this may work! Lots of bulbs can be purchased in an "Error-Free" configuration (albeit for slightly higher price). These bulbs often are nothing more than standard LEDs with a resistor soldered onto the board, in efforts to defeat newer cars' computers saying there is a bulb out (because of the difference in resistance expected by the computer for a standard bulb and the actual resistance given by the LED. It may be worth it to pick one of these up to see if it will fix the issue!
Can't get them at Radio Shack here anymore....Closed ! Online.
Good point! I ended up purchasing a resistor kit from amazon.
I just want to say thanks for the video It's going to be very helpful for me hopefully it works for my car
Quick question do they make the led lights with resistors already installed?
They do not.
I have 5 leds in my circuit and it did not work there's one under the dash 2 map lights and 2 dome lights
DJ Evolution I have 6 in mine... I'll give it a shot and let you know how it works for me....
now what watt and ohm resistor did you use? 1/4 w 1000 ohm?
Do you recommend soldering the resistor to interior lights ?
I'm trying to find out what kind of resistor and where can I order or buy them at
i have the same problem whith my car led glowing does this damage my car batery ?
no it does not, the current is minimum.
Actually, it can drain it. For weeks I've been battling with a starting problem, i.e. my car wouldn't start. I got the whole system tested, the battery was strong, starter good and alternator charging, all passed the load testing and such.
Then I realized that when my dome light turns off, the LEDs stay very dimly lit. You think LEDs don't draw much, but imagine this over night, when it drops to 0F in the winter and your car doesn't start in the morning.
Damage to battery? Maybe not. Drain? Absolutely. Since I took mine out, it got all better.
I'm afraid the drain from a led is about 20 mA fully lit, the after glow was a tiny amount of current not enough to flatten a car battery overnight! their removal was a red herring, maybe the actual problem was a poor connection which also went away.
I've have LEDs installed and have gone as long as two weeks without even firing the vehicle up because I have another vehicle. The car fired up without hesitation even despite "the drain" on the battery...
I've been putting up with this for years. Thanks!
Brandon H my concern is will it drain my battery? Please help! Thank you
I've never had a problem. The origional bulbs were getting the same voltage, it just wasn't enough to make them light
Brandon H okay I thought so but I just wanted to confirm with someone else. Thanks so much
@@branhicks this is the info I came here for. Thank you!
@@walterdorsettphotography did you your battery drain? My dome light glows as well and I'm asking myself the same question....
Do I have to use a resistor for every light outlet? Cant I just throw one in with the interior fuse ?
Should just need one. Putting it inline with the fuse is a good idea, I'll have to give that a try.
@@piedmonttiger265 ..
What was your experience??
Is this bad for the led or not.?.? Nice video tho😉
I wouldn't think it'd hurt the LED, the only thing you may notice is the led being a *slight* bit dimmer, but not to the amount that it would be unusable.
@@piedmonttiger265 I see.. Yesterday i tried a new pair of can bus leds t10 to the front headlights they turn on for about 5 sec and they turn off any idea why VW golf mk5 thanks😉
@@piedmonttiger265 i might need a resistor for the t10 leds to work properly what do you think.?.?
@@01sidiropoulos I'm having a same issue with my license plate lights on my passat b6, did you resolve it?
@@ajdin7270 i put a parallel resistor for each led and it finally works ok.. The led that i get they're not canbus..i think the canbus led sould work though..
How about theatre dimming function
That's easy, just get a variable resister, similar to a volume knob and run wires to the circuit your power to the LEDs are on.
Will they still be as bright since your limiting the current?
This doesn't limit the current. Wiring the resistor in series would reduce the current, but since it's in parallel it doesn't affect the current going through the LED. If the power source were weaker then it would result in higher voltage drop, which would cause the LED to glow less bright. But because it's being powered by a car battery/alternator, the additional current draw will have no measurable impact on voltage.
@@nameismetatoo4591 How can I make my LEDs dimmer? I want them to be dimmer cause they sine too bright (car came with halogens) how should I wire the resistor?
Does this also fix flickering LEDs?
It may, but I haven't had any flickering so I can't give you a definite answer!
Did it fix your flickering problem?
Thank you so much for a great video. Your suggestion worked brilliantly (excuse pun)
I don't mind the dim I just don't want to be using any battery juice. Sounds like the resistor will not change this really.
Thanks for the comment, I am not sure if it stops the small amount of battery usage, but I think it is so minuscule (think light on phone charger/gps,etc) that you would have to leave it on for a long time to have any ill effects!
The voltage is there regardless. With just the led the voltage is used to slightly glow the bulb with the resistor the voltage is transfered into heat on resistor. Your battery voltage will be he exact same with the exact same draw.
A canbus car will turn off after a few minutes anyway.. thus stopping any power drains.
thank you so much simple and direct awesome stuff
Thanks that sorted mine
do you have solution in LED for turns light?
hey boss. you need a led flasher relay, your gonna need to find out where your stock flasher relay is first.
You can use a different relay or you can also buy bigger resistors made for led turn signals to stop the hyper flashing. Just search here for led turn signal resistor and you'll find a bunch of videos on it. Same exact principle as this video only bigger resistors and since each turn signal is on its own separate circuit you have to put one on each turn signal bulb.
Some cars have flasher relays. Others are controlled by the bcm (body control module). They sell solutions for both online. Either an LED flasher relay or resistors you wire into the negative and turn signal positive wire of each signal that has an LED bulb. Just make sure to wire it in to the signal wire and not the running light wire. Best to look up a wire diagram if going with resistors rather than guessing
Worked on my Jeep Commander, thx
how many ohms are the resistors?
1k
thanks dude. worked great!!
Thanks bro that was driving me nuts
Sweet! Super glad it helped you out, thanks for watching.
will this work on a 02 dodge ram
It should, but I don't know which light it would be easiest to put into. Sweet truck!
did this work for you ackery? got same truck and same problem
It worked on my Dakota
it work on my honda city tmo. thx dude