Patrick - LED Taillight problems

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by kevins2

Hi Dan,

Since you have both the Pilots and SuperBrights it would be good to know which is brighter, if you can see a difference.

Kevin

Hey Kevin - fooled around with the SuperbrightLEDs again and installed one of them and one of the Pilot bulbs for comparison - had a difficult time doing so because the Superbrights didn't want to light on the parking light circuit.

I took a picture I could post but to be honest I couldn't perceive any overall difference in illumination. I could see through the lense that the Superbright bulb had a larger stack of leds lite up - and the Pilot a smaller group - but the overall effect looked to be the same. couldn't really compare the flasher circuit.

However, I can't get the SuperbrightLEDs to light up on the parking light circuit. I had to fool it by un-seating it and at one point it would light up sitting loose in the socket. I think it was on the parking light circuit but not 100% sure. There is power to the bulb socket as confirmed by my VOM - but nothing lights up when the bulb is seated in place. I even tried reversing the leads to the socket but still nothing. Turn the parking lights off and the turn signals on and they flash completely normal. However, when I disconnected the red parking light circuit leads to the bulb holders, I had power on the bulb side (red wire socket) flashing with the flashers - just like the Pilots. It was flashing over 8 volts peak. Checked the red wire leads and they were dead (as they should be with parking lights turned off).

So, I don't know - the Superbrights seem to work fine in my GTX - go figure. Short of calling Ghost Busters I think I'm stuck with 1157/2357 bulbs.