Map Light LED Replacement
02-09-2016, 10:43 AM
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02-09-2016, 01:48 PM
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Those are the ones I got they look longer than the ones on the board how did you remove the old ones and replace the new ones? I contacted superbrightleds and there tech support offer no help at all.
Thank you I really appreciate it like you I refuse to do a half ass job with the interior leds on my jk
Thank you I really appreciate it like you I refuse to do a half ass job with the interior leds on my jk
02-09-2016, 04:54 PM
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I used the ones in the link and they are longer. I removed the old ones OK but took off one contact point accidentally. After that I couldn't get the solder to stick. ( I'm not very good at soldering anyway ) so I took the board to a CB repairman. He scratched the surface to conduct to the ends of the longer LEDs. Funny side note, I tried it with just 1 LED in to check for polarity and it would stay on when it was supposed to be off, and visa versa. Without changing it he soldered in the second one and they both worked correctly. I guess you need both to complete the circuit.
02-11-2016, 04:41 AM
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Thank you would you recommend any soldering gun or pen this would be my second time soldering and the first time I was able to get by with a cheap radio shack gun to solder a capacitor on a tv circuit board. I'm guessing the gun I have does not get hot enough and the tip is not small enough which is why the LEDs are not coming off the board.
02-11-2016, 04:43 PM
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Any 45 watt gun should be good. I'd recommend a flat nose tip to remove the old ones and a fine tip for installing the new ones. You could probably remove them with the fine tip just fine if you don't want to buy multiple tips.