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StewB
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May 11, 2013

Soldering wires to 1156 base to adapt led panel

I ordered a 10 pack of the 48 led panesls. These ones don't come with the adapter to fit a BA15S base so I had planned on just soldering the wires to some 1156 bulb sockets after breaking the glass o...
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tenbear
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May 15, 2013
When I started switching to LEDs I found BA15S bases, I can't remember where, but they were $0.50 each and $5.00 shipping. I figured it was cheaper and quicker to rework the old 1141 bulbs, that I would never use anyway, than buy 6 bases for the 6 LEDs that I needed bases for. The next time I bought LEDs they were available with BA15S bases.

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