ThermalRunaway
New Member
Hi all,
I'm modifying my old rear bumper lamp clusters which I replaced with new ones when I recently had to replace the bumper on my Land Rover Discovery. I'm installing LED panels into the lamp clusters, which hopefully will look quite nice when I'm done. Each of the two rectangular lamp clusters has two sides - one is an amber indicator, the other is a normal red driving light.
Anyway, on to my question. I've found quite a few good deals for LEDs on Ebay. You can pick up quantities of a hundred or more high brightness LEDs for less than a tenner!
I notice that a lot of the better deals are from suppliers in the Far East. I've heard that these people are often supplying lower quality class 2 LEDs as opposed to the high quality ones we get over here in the UK.
Does anyone know if there is any truth to these rumours? If so, what are the disadvantages with a class 2 LED as opposed to a higher quality one. I assume that brightness isn't an area where the LEDs suffer, most probably it's the life expectancy or something.
Has anyone got any experience with buying LEDs from these Far East Ebayers? Were you satisfied with them?
My main problem is that due to the way I've modified my old lamp clusters, it is possible to dissasemble them to replace LEDs, but it does involve a lot of hassle. Therefore, the life expectancy of the LEDs is quite important. I'd rather pay more for the LEDs and then have to replace them less often.
Thanks for any advice,
Brian
I'm modifying my old rear bumper lamp clusters which I replaced with new ones when I recently had to replace the bumper on my Land Rover Discovery. I'm installing LED panels into the lamp clusters, which hopefully will look quite nice when I'm done. Each of the two rectangular lamp clusters has two sides - one is an amber indicator, the other is a normal red driving light.
Anyway, on to my question. I've found quite a few good deals for LEDs on Ebay. You can pick up quantities of a hundred or more high brightness LEDs for less than a tenner!
I notice that a lot of the better deals are from suppliers in the Far East. I've heard that these people are often supplying lower quality class 2 LEDs as opposed to the high quality ones we get over here in the UK.
Does anyone know if there is any truth to these rumours? If so, what are the disadvantages with a class 2 LED as opposed to a higher quality one. I assume that brightness isn't an area where the LEDs suffer, most probably it's the life expectancy or something.
Has anyone got any experience with buying LEDs from these Far East Ebayers? Were you satisfied with them?
My main problem is that due to the way I've modified my old lamp clusters, it is possible to dissasemble them to replace LEDs, but it does involve a lot of hassle. Therefore, the life expectancy of the LEDs is quite important. I'd rather pay more for the LEDs and then have to replace them less often.
Thanks for any advice,
Brian