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syoo8 · 11-07-2009, 04:01 PM

Dissected the LED, which had a 270 ohm resistor soldered in. (The resistor was hidden by white tape which I cut out.)

I don't know what the LED current is of the Jager illumination kit but most LEDs are 2 mA, 10 mA and 20 mA. If that is so, the resistor necessary would be between 500-5600 ohms.

In other words, if the LED current is between 2 and 20 mA, then the wrong resistor was installed into the kit, which resulted in the LEDs blowing out. I am going to the store right now to buy replacement LEDs and resistors to see if this solves the problem.

11-07-2009, 04:01 PM	#7
syoo8 Addict Rennlist Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York, NY / San Luis Obispo, CA Posts: 149	Dissected the LED, which had a 270 ohm resistor soldered in. (The resistor was hidden by white tape which I cut out.) I don't know what the LED current is of the Jager illumination kit but most LEDs are 2 mA, 10 mA and 20 mA. If that is so, the resistor necessary would be between 500-5600 ohms. In other words, if the LED current is between 2 and 20 mA, then the wrong resistor was installed into the kit, which resulted in the LEDs blowing out. I am going to the store right now to buy replacement LEDs and resistors to see if this solves the problem. __________________ Scott '86.5 928S (Guards Red/Black) '97 986 (Silver/Black)