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Help with laws, modifications vs accessories, Regarding Interior lighting.
On 12 Mar 2007 15:52:38 -0700, "EridanMan"
wrote: Hey Guys, I was at Walgreens today, and I saw some cheap interior lights for cars (LEDs) which plug into a cigarette lighter and light up your dash... The lights were the wrong color, but otherwise I was intrigued. It got me thinking about doing a similar thing to upgrade the pathetic night-lighting of my panel. My question is- My Cherokee has the old panel, complete with the cosmetic plastic overlay that goes on top. I could get a couple Dozen LED's and a 12-14vdc dimmer switch to control them for relatively cheap online. It strikes me that it would be a relatively easy deal to then take the plastic panel off, shave back the instrument holes a bit, and then secure LED's behind the plastic so that they would illuminate the gauges... I could do all of this and then just hook up the input power to a standard cigarette lighter plug... Bingo - cheap, modern, dimmable panel lighting. Is this legal? The general rule of thumb that I've heard is that if it screws down, its not an accessory, and yes, the plastic cover does screw onto the main panel... I could always change that to secure it with Velcro if need-be (although I would prefer not too). It seems like such a trivial mod, would I really need to go through a 337 hassle with it? No comment about the legality or wisdom of your plan, but if you decide to go ahead with it, go to www.linear.com or www.maximic.com and pick out a suitable LED driver with dimming (and read the data sheets). You can order the parts for DigiKey. Don |
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