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S1 bulbs

Post by jimbo » Mon Nov 09, 2015 4:59 pm

In my never ending quest to replace every bulb with an LED, I bought ones to replace the reversing bulb and the rear fog. Now according to elises.co.uk they're the same type:

•Rear fog lamp 21W SCC BA15s
•Reversing lamp 21W SCC BA15s

So I bought a super bright white and a red, identical types from the same place. The reversing works fine, the fog doesn't at all. It did before and still does with the old bulb.

Any ideas? :scratch
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Re: S1 bulbs

Post by mwmackenzie » Mon Nov 09, 2015 9:26 pm

LED are polarity sensitive, try turning it round :thumbsup I'd have bought 2 white one too... Fog has a red lens anyway so will be brighter with a white bulb?
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Re: S1 bulbs

Post by jimbo » Mon Nov 09, 2015 11:05 pm

Cheers Mark I'll try that tomorrow. I bought a spare white as well so they you go :wink:
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Re: S1 bulbs

Post by jimbo » Tue Nov 10, 2015 8:53 pm

Still no joy, even with the white bulb. http://wiki.seloc.org/a/Bulbs This says that they might actually be different?
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Re: S1 bulbs

Post by Sanjøy » Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:12 am

Can you test it with a 12v supply?
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Re: S1 bulbs

Post by jimbo » Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:23 am

It's still working with the original bulb in place, that's why I presumed it was the bulb replacements that were wrong?
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