[ainarssems]

Originally Posted by 89forever

well the hunt for a replacement inner rear light is proving fruitless..... it WAS just the lens which needed replacing until one morning a ping on the dash..... rear bulb out (where's the OMG emoji?)



yup, half the LED's said goodbye and shuffled off.... bugger and bugger a bit more. The cost of a new replacement made even my eyes water. there are next to no secondhand ones on the market, and the small number which are are either nearly the new cost, or next to scrap..... so rebuild time it is...!!!



a quick Google and an order later and a small bag of 50 straw hat 5mm LED's arrived....



started removing.... and now on hold as ran out of time.....

once i've got the boards rebuilt i'll split the lens to rebuild that and sort out the "melted" are and clean up and reseal.

Make sure you check current running through LEDs and that it does not exceed replacement LED specifications. I used 20mA LEDs on mine an they were only lasting 2-3 weeks. When I finally checked current it was 23mA so last time I replaced them I put in extra resistors in series to get it down to just under 20mA and they have been fine for about 5 months, the cooler weather also helps, will see if they last through next summer or if I need to drop current a bit more.