Griffith 500 Warning Lamp Panel

[waggy]

Has anyone upgraded the Bulbs in the Warning Lamp strip.

Mine like most, they are very dim, a couple of times I left the lights on as cannot see the warning lights.

Has anyone used LED's to brighten them up.

there must be a way of replacing bulbs in the coloured housings with LED's

Did a search on pistonheads and google but nothing came up.

thoughts ???

Edited by waggy on Thursday 18th September 09:59

[The Red Baron]

Hi. Yes, I've put coloured LEDs behind my panel. It was a pretty simple job, but I think the lights are too bright now and I might have to put a dark strip of tape across the panel.

I'll send photos later, as I'm not currently at home with the car.

I can tell you where I got the LED from too, if you want. They were only a few quid.

[waggy]

Thanks.. I really appreciate that..

How did you remove bulbs from housings

Alex

[waggy]

Ordered some coloured LEDs ..

you need -
3 red
3 green
2 yellows
1 blue

Will remove bulbs and fit LEDs in place. Fingers crossed should be a lot brighter

Alex.

[davidd]

waggy said:

Ordered some coloured LEDs ..

you need -
3 red
3 green
2 yellows
1 blue

Will remove bulbs and fit LEDs in place. Fingers crossed should be a lot brighter

Alex.

Can you document the process please?
Thanks

[Fat Old Sun]

Same here too, very dim on my new Griff, I have just ordered a new walnut dash from Mads and some of the engraved buttons from Leigh so it would probably be an opportune time to upgrade the bulbs at the same time, can I ask where you sourced them from?

Thanks!

[Geoff391]

This is the original neon type bulb which inside the plastic housing , it pulls out with a bit of force.

I fitted coloured leds , as white ones washed out the colour too much.

It has a resistor in the shrink wrap so 12v ready

[waggy]

Fat Old Sun said:

Same here too, very dim on my new Griff, I have just ordered a new walnut dash from Mads and some of the engraved buttons from Leigh so it would probably be an opportune time to upgrade the bulbs at the same time, can I ask where you sourced them from?

Thanks!

I use a company called CPC. they supply most electrical items
Look up 12v LED's, only about 10p to 30p each depending on colour.

www.cpc.farnell.com

[waggy]

Geoff

Thanks for posting details. Had a bit of trouble getting lamps out of dash..now need to remove bulb holders .

Cheers

Alex