What LED lighting to buy - C5W

Question

Hello, gentlemen, I have a problem with LEDs in the trunk lighting in my Vectra C. I had ordinary light bulbs, but I changed to LEDs, but when it comes to cheap Chinese LEDs it is known, you have to change them every 2 months because they burn or flash. My question, are there any better quality...

wzielonymgaju18 · Answer

Do this lighting yourself.

geforc · Answer

lack of patience and time, prefer to buy ready

tomek_602 · Answer

I have seen counterparts of various standard bulbs used for indoor lighting in Norauto stores.

geforc · Answer

how about the quality?

WędkarzStoLica · Answer

Buy at a local store and you go and return if necessary. For me, an ordinary Led strip has been lit for a million years. You can stick such tape to the shelf from below.

geforc · Answer

Even if I knew how to connect it hehe

grala1 · Answer

Buy something branded, such as PHILIPS X-tremeVision LED.
Cheap Chinese do not have data resistors in series so that they shine stronger because there are cheap, weak LEDs. Because of this, there is a greater current there, this one shines brighter but the life shortens significantly.
It's like a 12V 5W bulb with 18V, it shines almost like 10W but not as long as it should.

geforc · Answer

These Phillipses do not have C5W, they are only W5W and that's a difference

WędkarzStoLica · Answer

As for the tape, it's very simple. You pull the two wires from the bulb socket and connect, on the tape you have marked where the plus and minus go. If you connect the other way round, it will not light up, then you swap the wires and the guitar plays. You take the wires going to the bulb from the insulation and plug in there. You can cut the bulb socket completely, but I do not recommend it because if someone in the future wants to return to the original, you will be cursed.

rosak · Answer

... to the 14.4V tape that is designed for an already inflated 12V. Anyway, I think it's better than replacing Chinese LED light bulbs every month or two. In Norauto it is probably the same, only in a nice box and 5x more expensive.

WędkarzStoLica · Answer

Practice has shown that the tape shines for several years with short-term switching on and is doing well.

My friend has inside in the Samurai, and there he shines much more often and longer than in the trunk and he is also doing well. Lots of people plug in tapes, and I haven't heard anyone get burned yet. If so, the cost is practically zero.

Szyszkownik Kilkujadek · Answer

@geforc why do you insist on LEDs? After all, an ordinary standard bulb that the manufacturers install is enough for many years of average car use. It is widely available and very cheap. You've probably spent so much money on these crap LEDs that you would have a 20-year supply of light bulbs.

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