Led lighting
I have a 2015 tt with all LED interior lighting. Can the "bulbs" be changed out to something in different colors and/or brightness? If so, what type of bulb mounting am I looking for? Online search...
Forum Discussion
Harvey51 wrote:
I used the panels with 36 or 48 LEDs on a little circuit board. They came with connectors for two or three sockets, none of which fit. So I just soldered the wires onto the power wires.
Warm white ones provided light indistinguishable from incandescent bulbs. The 36 LED panels are nicer than the incandescent almost point source.
Careful, the cheaper LEDs don't like voltages over 12.6 such as you get when charging from AC. They get hot, wasting energy and it shortens their lifetime.
I also used some of the LED panel lights, and some have failed. I did some failure analysis and found the problem was the contact between the panel and the LED, not the LED itself. I attribute the panel failures to trying to stick flat panels to a slightly curved light surface.
I have used all "cheaper LEDs" from eBay. AFAIK none of the LEDs failed, only the connections on the panel LEDs. I also used "cheaper LEDs" of the COB style, none of which have failed.
Be aware that some of the more expensive LED lights use voltage regulators that have been reported to cause radio frequency interference (RFI).
