villagehoppa
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| posted on 25/2/16 at 10:48 AM |
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Daylight running lamps/ LED units as sidelights?
Hi All,
Quick question about side lights if that is at all possible!! Can I wire up DRL's as side lights so they work as the sidelight function?
I'm planning on using a Fiat 500 headlights but don't want to use the seperate side light unit as it would look too much like a 500!! Can
I get a nice bright LED lamp unit and use that as a sidelight on it's own switch? Can decipher the IVA manual!! Any help most appreciated....
Many thanks....
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loggyboy
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| posted on 25/2/16 at 11:03 AM |
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I can only see them falling foul of this:
'All lamps must emit light of an equivalent brightness and colour when compared to an e approved lamp of the same type'
Side lights are 5 or 10w - DRLs are often brighter.
Its hard to tell with LEDs as wattage doesnt mean much, hence why the reliance is put on E markings.
Mistral Motorsport
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villagehoppa
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| posted on 25/2/16 at 11:11 AM |
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Thanks for that, do you think as long as the led unit is 'e' marked it should be ok?
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adithorp
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| posted on 25/2/16 at 01:15 PM |
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DRL's are too bright to use as side lights. On tin-tops the DRL's either dim or go out when the lights are switched on. On your 500 units
it might be worth checking if thats controlled by a circuit within the lamp; If they dim you'll be OK.
E marks have to be the correct code for the type of lamp it's being used as (listed in an appendix of the IVA guide I think) so it'd have
to be the right e mark and not just any lamp with an e mark.
If you fit seperate front side lights with a seperate switch, it'd have to control front and rear sides (sorry sounds obvious but isn't
clear thats what you meant).
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britishtrident
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| posted on 25/2/16 at 01:36 PM |
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The better quality DRL control modules have a dim function to allow the drl to be used as side position lamps -- but it is a can of worms for iva.
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