Ol Blue Eyes

I recently installed a 9LED(blue) kit in my car about 30 days ago. Just last night my interior lights went out and figured it was a blown fuse. well i was right, and when i replaced the blown fuse the lights lit up again, but then blew almost immediately.

anybody have any suggestions as to what the problem might be?

has anyone else had any problems with their LED kits blowing fuses?

TerminaderTL

1 month with 6 Blue LEDs - no problems

wolftag

Take out your LED bulbs to make sure they are the culprit. Probably a short in the bulb.

cM3go

Too many LEDs on 1 light... use 6LEDs, 9 LEDs is overkill

crazymjb

If it happens with the normal incandesent bulb too you are using too small a fuse. You could put a bigger fuse in, BUT that could melt some stuff. If it doesnt happen with the incandesent bulb go with the 6LED set up since that seems to work better for people.

mondesi99

9 LED for 7 months with no issues so far

NFLblitze1

9 LEDS and i havn't had any issues...im sure it might be a defect in one of the bulbs....do what Wolftag said and if thats the case...if you bought them on EBAY he will exchange them for a brand new set..

Ol Blue Eyes

everything works fine now. changed fuse(for 2nd time), and am having no problems. not really sure what happened....

maybe a bad fuse? i don't know

Ol Blue Eyes

check that............blowing fuses again!!!! here is what i have found. the lights in the door work fine, but when i try to turn on the overhead interior lights is now when the fuse blows.

do i try each and every bulb in one of the doors and eliminate which bulb is causing the problem

or, could there be a problem with the one of the overhead sockets itself

MAN, THIS A BUMMER!

wolftag

It takes a while for the fuse to blow because it takes time to heat up and melt.

That means that its probably not a short, otherwise it would blow out immediately.

You are simply overloading the circuit with too many high powered bulbs. You can replace some or all of the bulbs with something that draws less power.

You definately don't want to use a higher current fuse -- then it will be a wire that heats up and melts

AdamNJ

Since you can individually turn on each overhead light, you might want to try that and see what happens.

jtow

Where did you get your LED kit?

boinger02

Any pics of what the cars look like with the extra blue LED's?
I am not sure where you are putting them.
Thanks

kosh2258

Huh?????

LED's draw a fraction of the power of filament bulbs, so overloading the circuit with "high power bulbs" isn't the problem. I'd be inclined to think that it's one of the sockets creating the problem.

The bulbs in the overhead lights come out very hard and it's very possible a socket got damaged during removal thats causing a short. The other thing might be a bad LED.

I'd suggest leaving one of the overheads out and see if the fuse blows, that should isolate which of the two is the source of the problem.

If the fuse doesn't blow, then swap the LED's in that socket. If the fuse blows, you know it's the LED that's bad, if it doesn't then you know it's the empty socket thats the problem.

Ol Blue Eyes

I got my LEDs from hereAuto Lumination

I am using 9LEDs in both doors, two front overhead lights, and two rear overhead lights...total of 6 bulbs


After work tonight, I am going to try each bulb in the drivers side door. this door seems to be having no trouble, and hopefully i can eliminate whether its a bad bulb, or a bad socket. now i just have to go buy more fuses to test this.


i'll give you an update later tonight

Ol Blue Eyes

Here are some pics I found of the 9LEDs. Hope this helps.

9LED Pics

Ol Blue Eyes

Ok, i have found that the front overhead left LED was the problem. After testing the bulb in the door, and blowing yet another fuse, i found this was the only bulb causing this issue.

I then tested the OEM bulb in the overhead with the rest of the LEDs still plugged in in the overhead lights. OEM bulb worked fine, as well as the rest of the overhead LEDs.

Conclusion: bad LED bulb(thank god), and not a bad socket.

I hope i have solved this issue. Now i have to email auto lumination to see what we can do to solve this problem. Now, lets see what sort of customer service i receive concerning this issue.